to come: we look at barack obama's legacy on race, and how the first african—american president will be remembered. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry, and it's one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge parts of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she'd been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws, passed by the country's new multiracial government, and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,6ioth performance of her long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard about her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person to want such a th

ahead. in his final news conference as president, barack obama calls on donald trump's administration to lead by example, to prevent big countries from "bullying" smaller ones. scientists declare that 2016 was the warmest year on record, and man made climate change is to blame. newsnight, the head of the imf, christine lagarde, looks at the brexit strategy. and military support to the gambia. will be defeated but defiant president stand down? good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has been criticised for his choice of language after appearing to compare the french government to the nazis. he said britain should not be threatened with "punishment beatings" "in the manner of a world war two movie" for wanting to leave the eu. during the day, european leaders have been giving their reactions to theresa may's speech yesterday, outlining her brexit ambitions. the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, promised to work for ‘good results' in the forthcoming talks, as our political editor, laura kuennsberg, reports. watch ou

painted a hellish picture of america, a very different picture to the one that barack obama was leaving behind. for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists. mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities. rusted—out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation. and an education system flush with cash but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge. and the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealised potential. this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. and then a message to the rest of the world — don't look to us to bail you out, we have different priorities now. we assembled here today, are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city in every foreign capital and in every hall of power. from this day forward a new vision will govern our land. from this day forward it's going to be only america first. america first. economic nationalism would be the order of the day. we will follow two simple rules. buy america

that because what their view is of what is to come is one of the biggest issues. barack obama's speech was always going to be about some of the enormous things he has accomplished in his time as residency. most notably of course being the first black president was a history making event —— presidency. there was a lot of focus on how well he has done, the fight against terrorism, the economy. there is no argument that of course, with the economy, there has been a huge turnaround, and such a change in eight years. and if we remember what he inherited, an economy on the verge of another great depression, and absolutely dire state. it is and just him that turned it around. it was a team effort. and the natural course of time turns things around, so course of time turns things around, so you could argue anyone sitting at the helm, if you waited long enough, things would turn around. there are a lot of things he hasn't done. you can't get away from the criticism of barack obama, which has been he has beena barack obama, which has been he has been a president with so many promises that ha

could undermine it stop. barack obama ba rack obama returned barack obama returned to chicago, the place where his political career began to deliver his long planned farewell address. the crowd, though, had other ideas. four more years! smiling that one away, the president used his platform to underline what he sees as his achievements. ifi he sees as his achievements. if i told you eight years ago that america would reverse a great recession, reboot our auto industry, and unleashed the longest stretch of job creation in our history... cheering if i had job creation in our history... cheering ifi had told job creation in our history... cheering if i had told you that we would open up a new chapter with the cuban would open up a new chapter with the cu ban people, would open up a new chapter with the cuban people, shutdown iran's nuclear weapons programme without firing a shot, take out the mastermind of 9/11... cheering mastermind of 9/11. .. cheering if i told you we would win marriage equality and secure the right to health insurance for another 20 million of our fellow citizens... che

john's church with his family, a tradition for american presidents, barack obama did this as well, going across the road to stjohn‘s episcopal church, they will be in there for another 20 minutes or so and then he will be going to the white house tojoin and then he will be going to the white house to join the obamas for coffee, before going to capitol hill for the inauguration. there are his supporters, i've been watching them asi supporters, i've been watching them as i been walking through washington this morning. all gathering here, a lot of military personnel and the guards are there for him. there is heavy security in washington, there a lwa ys heavy security in washington, there always is at these events. and his supporters, with their make america great again hats, it's a rather grey day here with pops of red in the crowd. the bbc‘s nick briant is waiting for the services to start. nick, set the scene for us on capitol hill this morning? the weather forecasters in this country are better than the political forecasters! they forecast rain and it has come, it will be a wet inaug

first. and this marks the end of an era. barack obama and his wife michelle flew out of washington for the last time. and tonight, in his first act as president, donald trump signed executive order is around his cabinet members. donald trump has promised to put america first now that he's been sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. in an unconventional inaugural speech, he promised to reside over the transfer of power from washington back to the people. he said a new vision with governor this land. he also said that protection would lead to prosperity and strength, and he promised to bring backjobs and borders, wealth and dreams. he was cheered by the crowd here, which had earlier booed the democratic senator chuck schumer. in the last hour he has started signing a series of orders at capitol hill, it he is now with his family at statuary hall having a ceremonial lunch with members of congress as well. all pa rt members of congress as well. all part of the inauguration facilities. i'm joined here on our perch overlooking the capitol by a new york city councilman and l

. his successor has promised to dismantle his legacy, and barack obama was asked what he'd told his daughters about donald trump's victory. he said "i tell them the only thing that is the end of the world is the end of the world. i think we're going to be ok." he wished the press good luck. our north america editor, jon sopel, was there. for one last time, barack obama came to the white house briefing room to joust with the press. good afternoon, everybody. but amid reports that his successor wants to limit access and regularly accuses journalists of being dishonest and liars, the outgoing president spoke of the importance of a strong and free media. you're not supposed to be sycophants, you're supposed to be sceptics. you're supposed to ask me tough questions. you are not supposed to be complimentary but you are supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power. this picture was released today of donald trump preparing his inaugural address. barack obama was asked what advice he would give his successor. on this, he steered a diplomatic course. this is a job of such

embley. our top stories: a final farewell to the white house press corps — but barack obama says he will still speak out to defend his "core values". i think we are going to be ok. we have to fight for it and we have to work for it. we cannot take it for granted and i know you will help us do it. troops mass on the border of the gambia — ready to force presidentjammeh to accept electoral defeat and step down. britain's foreign secretary appears to compare the french government to nazis. european leaders say brexit won't be easy. and until very recently a frontline in the syrian civil war, now deathly quiet. we have a special report from the city of aleppo. foreign intervention has transformed this war, and the way it's looking right now, foreigners, not syrians will dictate the way the war ends. president obama has held his final news conference in the white house — ranging widely from the middle east to chelsea manning's prison sentence to voting rights and beyond. his successor has promised to dismantle his legacy, and barack obama was asked what he'd told his daughters about

house press corps. but barack obama says he will still speak out to defend his "core values." three diseases could become global killers, but half a billion dollars has been pledged to defeat them. i'm sally bundock. in business, brexit exodus. fears grow in the city of london, as leading firms warn thousands of staff may now be relocated. plus, relief for samsung as a court throws out an arrest warrant for boss jay y lee, in a corruption scandal that has threatened to engulf south korea's biggest company. troops are massing on the border of the gambia, in west africa, ready to force the president to accept his defeat in the election and step down. yayahjameh's successor is supposed to be inaugurated today, but the president has refused to leave office, and declared a state of emergency. west african leaders have given neighbouring senegal a mandate to intervene militarily if necessary, on wednesday, gambia's parliament passed a resolution allowing presidentjammeh to stay in office for another three months. greg dawson has the latest. these could be the final moments of president ja

suggest wiser heads will prevail. a lot was said about barack obama not really feeling england, not being an anglophile. but i think rumours of the special relationship have been exaggerated by the so—called trumpsters and by nigel farage, the leader of the ukip party in this country. i think it's a strong relationship. the death of iran's former president... akbar hashemi rafsanjani — i say that very flue ntly hashemi rafsanjani — i say that very fluently because i remember studying him whenl fluently because i remember studying him when i was in geography in the late 1970s or early '80s at school in manchester. we had a lot of iranian refugees who came in because they obviously fled the islamic revolution. akbar hashemi rafsanjani was the moderate face of that revolution, while ayatollah khamenei was the hardliner. throughout the la st was the hardliner. throughout the last 30 or so years, he's been the guy who's been able to rein in the so—called hardliners, pushed people like the current president, hassan rouhani, to the fore. his presence, or his absence, will be missed

, they have had their church service, it is the last time that michelle and barack obama will be in their home of the last eight years before accompanying donald trump to the battle, where you are now, for the services. —— to the capitol building. what do you think barack obama is passing on to his successor now? wouldn't you love to know! ? wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall in that conversation... never before has an incoming president had such a different personality and political agenda than an outgoing president. you will remember barack obama thrust himself into the midst of this campaign, so too did michelle obama in an emotionally powerful way. both said that donald trump was tempering —— temperamentally. this is not how barack obama —— temperamentally. this is not how ba rack obama wanted —— temperamentally. this is not how barack obama wanted to end his presidency, handed over to somebody who has vowed to dismantle and demolish his signature achievements, like health care. but it has been a peaceful transition, americans pride themselves on this and

barack obama makes his farewell address to the american people following in a tradition that began with america's very first president, george washington. laura, many thanks indeed. we will be here in the studio in london. let's run through some of the highlights of the final speech from president obama to the nation as president. my my fellow americans. michelle and i have been so touched by all the well wishes we have received over the past few weeks. but, tonight, it's my turn to say thanks. whether we have seen eye to eye, or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the american people, in living rooms and in schools, in farms, on factory floors, diners, and on distant military outposts, those conversations are what has kept me honest and kept me inspired and kept me going. and every day, i have learned from you. —— have. you made mea learned from you. —— have. you made me a better president, and you made me a better president, and you made mea me a better president, and you made me a better president, and you made me a better man. during the address in chicago

ahead. in his final news conference as president, barack obama calls on donald trump's administration to lead by example, to prevent big countries from "bullying" smaller ones. scientists declare that 2016 was the warmest year on record, and man made climate change is to blame. newsnight, the head of the imf, christine lagarde, looks at the

2013 inauguration. —— barack obama. but it's a chance to celebrate and also the public face of the presidency is all—important. the public face of the presidency is all—importa nt. so the public face of the presidency is all—important. so much of thejob is public choreography, public performance and donald trump understands that, as someone who rose to fame as a reality tv show host on the apprentice and he is a producer at heart. he knows how important appearance is. and healy was denied choreographing the image of discontented, successful, beautiful first family. well, president trump's already started dismantling some of barack 0bama's key policies. just after his inauguration parade he signed his first executive orders, including that decree against the affordable care act, which is known as 0bamacare, and the announcment of a national day of patriotism. he also signed a waiver to allow retired marine generaljames mattis to be defence secretary, even though it is less than the required seven years since he left the military. his appointment has been approved 98—1 by the

barack obama's ban on two controversial oil pipelines. "grave concern" — the head of the un criticises israel's plans for 2,500 more settlement homes in the occupied palestinian land in the west bank. the british government vows to press on with brexit, despite the country's highest court ruling that parliament must vote first. the oscars shortlist is revealed. and the winner of the most nominations ever received is la la land. hello. donald trump has reignited several major environmental disputes in the us. he's flexing the powers of the presidency, using executive orders to sign into action moves to re—launch some controversial oil pipelines. they'd been held up by the obama administration out of concern for the environment and native american lands. mr trump says the projects will create jobs, particularly in the us steel industry. our north america editor jon sopel reports. i am, to a large extent, an environmentalist, i believe in it. but it's out of control. the key word there seems to be "but", as another day brings another set of executive actions that aren't exactly music to

what barack obama convention centre eager to hear what ba rack obama has convention centre eager to hear what barack obama has to say in his closing address to the nation. this is where it all began for him where he came as a community organiser and this is where he claimed victory in chicago in 3008 so it is fitting he should choose this town for his farewell address. people i've been talking to will hope that the president will reassure them, an area of anxiety for democrats as they worry about what donald trump will bring and whether he can repeal obama's legacy as he is promising to do. the white house says this speech will be beyond politics, he will reflect what he has learned in his eight years in politics and offer some hunters to confront the challenges ahead, which is code for dealing with president—elect donald trump. —— pointers. people eagerto hear from such trump. —— pointers. people eagerto hearfrom such a trump. —— pointers. people eagerto hear from such a revered figure who they now people coming here tonight see as someone historic in their own lifeti

congratulations, mr help me god. congratulations, mr president. in his inaugural address, donald trump promised the assembled crowd that america should unite, and he will make america great again. and you can see the live pictures now of andrews air force base, just outside washington, where barack obama and michelle obama have arrived on an official helicopter to say goodbye to their members of staff. then they will get on a plane that looks remarkably like airports one, but because it's no longer the president travelling, it's no longer called air force one. this is a very emotional day for presidents as they leave office. he may be relieved after eight very busy years, and a gruelling election campaign to be leaving office. there he is, barack obama. and his wife, michelle obama, coming down the steps of the helicopter. issuing the umbrella thatis helicopter. issuing the umbrella that is on offer. he has told americans that he will be quiet for a moment now, he and his wife will ta ke a moment now, he and his wife will take time and sit back and not be heard from, leaving space for the new president to take over and command the international and national spotlight. they say goodbye to people who have served them for the last 80 as, many who they will know personally, the military and oui’ know personally, the military and our force personnel there. know personally, the military and ourforce personnel there. he had seen the president of from andrews air force base as he has gone on foreign trips. he has worked with these people for eight years, and now he says goodbye to them, thanks them for their services. this is a tradition of departing presidents will stop they have moments, all the white house staff will be gathered at building, and he will take time to address thank them. an emotional time for white house staff, because it's not just time for white house staff, because it's notjust that he is leaving office, but that the transfer of power is so complete to the other side, to the republican side, and the democrats are now on the back footin the democrats are now on the back foot in washington and in the white house. and that the transition of power that not have been more complete. let's have a quick listen to donald trump as he took the oath of office just over an hour ago on the steps of the capitol, behind me. please raise your right hand and repeat after me, i don notjohn trump do solemnly swear. i donald don trump do solemnly swear. that i will faithfully execute. that i will faithfully execute. that i will faithfully execute. the office of president of the united states. the office of the president of the united states. and well, to the best of my ability. well, to the best of my ability. preserve, protect and defend. reserve, protect and defend. the constitution of the united states. so help me god. so help me god. congratulations, mr president. the moments when the transfer of power was complete. he went on to getan power was complete. he went on to get an inaugural address that was a rallying cry for change in this country, a direct address to his supporters, saying the power is being taken away from washington and handed back to you, and from now on, it will be only america first. january 20 2017 will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. applause the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. everyone is listening to you now. you came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement, the likes of weight the world has never seen the likes of weight the world has never seen before. that's the likes of which. at the centre of this movement is a crucial conviction that a nation exists to serve its citizens. americans, want great schools for their children, safe neighbourhoods for their families, and greatjobs neighbourhoods for their families, and great jobs for themselves. neighbourhoods for their families, and greatjobs for themselves. these arejust and and greatjobs for themselves. these are just and reasonable demands of righteous people and a righteous public. but for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists. mothers and children, trapped in poverty, in our inner cities. rusted—out factories, scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation. an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge. and the crying, and the gangs, and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much on realise potential. —— unrealised potential. this carnage stops right here and stopped right now. applause we are one nation, and their pain is oui’ we are one nation, and their pain is our pain. their dreams are our pain. theirdreams are our our pain. their dreams are our dreams, and their success will be our success. we share one heart, one home and one glorious destiny. the oath of office i take today is an oath of allegiance to all americans. applause for many decades, we've enriched foreign investor ray at the expense of american investors. subsidise the armies of other countries, while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military. we've defended other nations‘ borders, wild or refusing to defend oui’ borders, wild or refusing to defend our own. let's go back to andrews air force base where barack obama is about to address white house staff members. he promises he's about to become it is now he's leaving office, but that is now he's leaving office, but that is one last time we will hear from him, which is now as he addresses white house staff, thanks them as he says goodbye. it is gruelling working in the white house, we heard earlier today from a former member of the bush white house who says she ended up sleeping on a sofa in the wetwa ng ended up sleeping on a sofa in the wetwang halve the time because the hours are so long. so fit —— server in the west wing. band plays the american national anthem. barack obama, mouthing the words to national anthem, singing along to the star spangled banner. this is a moving and difficult moment for the obamas. they are leaving office, and in some way is, shedding the cares of the presidency must be a relief, and i'm short that vacation in california is going to bea vacation in california is going to be a welcome relief, but you can't help but feel that this has also been a tough day for them, and you can see been a tough day for them, and you can see it on michelle obama's phase as she says goodbye to washington and the white house staff, knowing they are handing over to someone has a very different philosophy to theirs, and is a very different type of political animalfrom theirs, and is a very different type of political animal from her husband, barack obama. they're please be seated. curious, barack obama addressing the star. hello, everybody! you know, michelle and i, we've really been milking this goodbye thing. so it behoves me to be very reef. —— very brief. yes, yes. i said to be very reef. —— very brief. yes, yes. isaid before, and i will say again, that when we started on this journey, we did so with an abiding faith in the american people and their ability, our ability, to join together and change the country. in ways that would make life better for oui’ ways that would make life better for our kids and grandkids, that change didn't happen from the top—down, but happened from the bottom up. it was met sometimes with scepticism and doubt. some folks didn't think we could pull it off. there were those who felt that the institutions of power and privilege in this country we re power and privilege in this country were too deeply entrenched. and yet, all of you came together, in small towns and big cities, our whole bunch of you really young, and you decided to believe. you knocked on doors and made phone calls and you talked to your parents, who didn't know how to pronounce barack obama, and you got to know each other. and you went into communities that maybe you went into communities that maybe you never had thought about visiting, and met people that, on the surface, seemed completely different from you. didn't look like you alexis... so comic here we are seeing donald trump now for stop the feed we are now reliant on coming into us. it has switched from barack obama, quite right, of course, to the new, the transition of power in one television feed! there you go. he's still in capitol hill, waiting for his lunch. he has orders to sign, which allow for his appointees to ta ke which allow for his appointees to take over power. some of them have already been signed, but he has business to do. he says he wants to hit the ground running, and intends to start work for the american people straightaway. and here he is, starting work. but, it also, of course, provides for a portrait. he is signing orders, these are staff orders, not executive orders, as far as we understand. they are part of the function of government. it looks like he's still getting instructions, maybe he doesn't quite know what it is a has to sign either. that's paul ryan there, telling him what it is he needs to do. and for the first time, he will be signing as president of the united states. go to. very good. looking relaxed. mike pence behind him, his vice president. paul ryan. nancy pelosi, the democratic leader of the house. let's see if we can listen in. take that pen. this one i'm signing quite a few times, folks. this is for rex, i assume he was approved today? laughter it's coming, right, chuck? it's coming, right, chuck? it looks like you added some letters in your naming? donald trump there, signing orders. mostly routine orders now, these are not executive, legislative orders, they are to do with his staffing, and they have to be signed by him. we saw donald trump there with his first business, his first signatures, as resident of the united states. and watching him with his family to those around him as well, the vice president, of course. let's go to nick bryants, you watch that inaugural address, i haven't had a chance to speak to you since the present stop speaking, what did you make of it? i thought it sounded like a campaign speech, to be honest. so many of those things he said on the campaign, speaking to the people on those rallies, the forgotten people, as he called them. sure, there were some flowery rhetoric about national unity and living under the same sky and stars, and having the same dreams. but so many of the themes he is dropped with a hallmark themes of his campaign, the america—first rhetoric, which was the bedrock of his political campaign. and that rest at the end, the make america great again rest. which, if you've been at any of the rallies, you've heard repeated, and did more than anything else to help him win the white house. the own creation was a bit like those rallies too. he was heckled throughout his speech, many people wearing red caps. this was a different and operation to normal, donald trump's speech sounded like a continuation of his campaign. it was a strongly nationalistic speech, he said, from now on, every decision he makes on trade, and taxes, is going to be about putting america first, and in a sense, the world will have to get used to this new world order. you see him there, still waiting for his lunch, but before he has his lunch, he has to sign various papers. let's listen laughter price! she doesn't get a vote. tom prize, a he's going to be terrific. laughter mr president, that's a great pen. he did very well yesterday, rick perry. he's better ben carson. —— dan carson. this is a tough group of people. they're learning the hard way. education, writes? i know chuck wa nted education, writes? i know chuck wanted it. this is a rough group! next. i think we're going to need some more pens. labour. where's kelly? he's going to do a good job. 0k, ok, this is a person who's gotten rave reviews, this is the veterans administration, i'll let you make the trade. this is what a lot of people once, john kelly, he's a good man. chuck, put the cap on, or you're we nt chuck, put the cap on, or you're went to get your shirt stained. john kelly. he should get something. i getting some more pens back there? it's any core number. i think it's any core number. ithink dan it's any core number. i think dan is a good man, right? so there you have donald trump, signing orders that will allow his cabinet nominees to take up their positions. they haven't been confirmed yet, they have to be confirmed yet, they have to be confirmed first of all by the senate, once they're confirms, these are the orders that will allow them to become the cabinet members. it's the first thing the president — i was about to say president elect — but the presidents, donald trump, is doing. we heard on being called present —— mr president by nancy policy, the top democrat in the house of representatives. this is a republican tableau, there are a two democrats here, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, but otherwise this represents the transfer of power not just from barack obama to donald trump, but from the democratic party to the republican party as well. i'm joined here by a former spokesperson of the republican national committee. they give very much for joining me. you watch the inauguration and listen to the speech. as a former spokesperson of it's speech. as a former spokesperson of its public national committee, what did you make of it? it was a short speech. that's not unusual, john f kennedy's was very short. the themes were what you have heard throughout the campaign and the reasons why donald trump is now president. you heard a lot about america first. it is important to know that a country should be sovereign. but that a strong country isa sovereign. but that a strong country is a strong ally, so i don't think this is anything about saying we don't want to do business with other countries — which he did reference in the speech, saying this is not about being antagonistic to the world start but we had to take care of business at home. it is very different, i was thinking back to president bush's second address, which was an address in which the president spoke about america are spreading democracy in the world. it was a globally orientated speech. this was an american is heightened sense of speech. it was an american—centred speech, but goes back to americans having concerned that we haven't paid enough attention to our country, that's on the infrastructure. and started with the ward? that is true to an extent, focusing not just that is true to an extent, focusing notjust on that is true to an extent, focusing not just on the that is true to an extent, focusing notjust on the economy, not that you don't just look abroad, notjust on the economy, not that you don'tjust look abroad, but that you don'tjust look abroad, but that you are a stronger ally to your friends around the world. —— you are a stronger ally to your friends around the world. -- started with the iraq ward. in what way can he set out to achieve what he put forward in that is speech, he sets the bar high? he does, he says —— is speech, he sets the bar high? he does, he says -- he does, he says he will start immediately. i think you will see him rolling back regulations that i believe, and many people in this country believe, have put strains on the us economy, 01’ even have put strains on the us economy, or even stopping people who have jobs from getting the type of wages that should be getting. i think you will see that immediately. that'll be on things dealing with health repeal, environmental regulations, a whole host of things i think you'll see him getting to work on very soon, possibly today, certainly early next week. ebola watching this from around the world, seeing the american economy, saying that my goodness, what's the problem? you've got good growth compare to other countries, the dollar is strong. because 2%growth in our economy is not want to be. unemployment below 5%is not bad? when you peel back the covers and look under the hood you realise that is because many people have dropped out of the labour force and stopped looking for work. that is one reason, when you see numbers like that, you say, why are people still hurting? donald trump wrapping up this section —— session of signing orders. heading with members of congress to go for lunch. they're running a little behind. they have this celebratory lunch that he and mel annie are sure will go to with all the other members of his family. —— mullaly trump will go to. it is a tradition that pens are handed out after the signing. you see the statues around the hall, and the trumpfamily statues around the hall, and the trump family will come in and enjoy lunch with members of congress. let's get back to talking about the agenda that donald trump has laid out, specifically this issue of jobs. that was an oral speech about americanjobs. white micro that was what the focus of the speech was, and what he says the focus of the speech will be. he says that many of those jobs that have been lost, as you know, have not been lost because of trade or immigrants, they've been lost because a computer chip has taken it over? that's not going to change. the industrial world changes and business changes and innovation changes, but that's defatted issue. we have been looking at the united states corporate tax, which is much higher than other parts of the world. if you go to places like islands, for example, where we've lost many american companies setting up lost many american companies setting up headquarters in ireland. it's greater islands, i don't own them for that, but white we're trying to be more competitive when other countries around the world want to set their headquarters up here two that's been going on for a long time, it's not just that's been going on for a long time, it's notjust about trade, it's part of the equation. do you think that manufacturing jobs in america are going to come back in perhaps the way that donald trump supporters believe they might do? or is that era over? is it going to look like it did in the 19505, no. idon't is it going to look like it did in the 19505, no. i don't think that's what people expected, what they do expect i5 what people expected, what they do expect is for their elected officials to do everything they can to make sure we have the best economic environment in this country for us workers to survive. i think many people don't believe that's what lawmakers of either party have been doing. there are mines, donald trump is been doing. there are mines, donald trump i5a been doing. there are mines, donald trump is a republican presidents, indeed, but hears that core a disrupter. i, as a republican, but really as a conservative, think that is good, this town needs shaking up, both parties were too set in their ways, but have special interests they too often cater to. donald trump has made it clear time and again, and! trump has made it clear time and again, and i hope he governs this way, that of the american people will be his special interests, and he began his sweet that way. exactly what he said in his inaugural speech. the democrats are on the back foot for the next four yea rs, on the back foot for the next four years, they have a lot of rebuilding work to do in their party, but the arrogance be a lot of republican members in congress and the senate saying, we agree with some of what donald trump wants to do, but not all of it. in some ways, donald trump is not a conservative republican a5 trump is not a conservative republican as they might define it? when i look donald trump, and see what he said as he plays it out, i think he's very much a pragmatist. a5a think he's very much a pragmatist. as a conservative, i'm not scared about, because i think conservative ideas work. i'm disco to interrupt you, this another important moment. barack obama saying goodbye to the members of white house staff and their families. this is a difficult moment for any president, george bush went to the same thing. bittersweet. yes, i'm sure in some ways he's relieved to leave office, it's a gruelling job, there's nothing else like the president of the item says that a man's stamina. eight years is enough! we say often it we see how presidents have days when they leave office, obama looks great. he has high approval ratings, he leaves office a popular man. i think that's a good thing, a good thing for the transfer of power. the fa ct thing for the transfer of power. the fact is people don't begrudge the president and want a good transition. history to time and i5, ultimately, the way it's written about any president, that one day out will be different from the way people are writing 20 years from now. we mention approval ratings, donald trump comes into office with historically low approval ratings for a president elect, down in the 40%. in for a president elect, down in the a0%. in fact, for a president elect, down in the a0%. infact, his for a president elect, down in the a0%. in fact, his approval ratings have dropped since the election, which is almost unheard of. how concerned are you about that? you want your number is to be high, but the polls haven't been right about donald trump for most of this election season. nobody thought it was going to be presidents, he defied those thoughts. the matter what people think about him, he wa nts to what people think about him, he wants to do a good job. donald trump's going into the hall for the lunch. hear someone, donald trump's going into the hall forthe lunch. hearsomeone, no matter what he says, he does watch the polls. he will want to be popular. i think he knows if he does do what he said he was going to do, he can turn that around. i think he believes that family. i don't think he's worries about the numbers today, because he hasn't had a chance to govern yet. that's what 5ta rt5 chance to govern yet. that's what starts as of right now, and think he will say, a5k starts as of right now, and think he will say, ask me next week, asking after the first 100 days. narnia is there anything about his communication style, his use of twitter for example, which she would urge him to change? -- is there anything? absolutely no. one of the reasons he was elected because the way he said it. he was not going to try and hide behind words and one—liners and talking points. he said what he thought. even people who thought, that was front and centre, he said what he thought. people know he is going to tell us what he thinks, and also tell the folks down here at the capitol. i think he's been very straightforward, he's not going to do what... he said, i'm here to represent you, and he's going to be tough on everybody. so there you have it, donald trump coming into lunch, you can see his son eric standing right there, they've already come in, they are waiting now for donald trump, the 45th president of the united states, for the ceremonial lunch, and then the parade will begin, these inauguration festivities are not over. for the moment, we will leave you here from capitol hill. you can watch the rest of this delicious lunch. i know it involves lobster and shrimp and beef. even though donald trump himself does not drink. let's just take you back, as we were hearing, donald trump and his family now. . . ladies and gentlemen, kevin mccarthy, accompanied by mrs mccarthy. attending this celebratory lunch for the 45th president of the united states, donald trump has already signed some executive orders, we saw them handing out different pens for each order as is the tradition. and giving them to the members of his team, there's nancy pelosi walking in there now. and just on the reuters news agency in the last couple of minutes, already in power, donald trump now says he will develop a missile defence system against iran, north korea, his administration intends to develop a state—of—the—art defence system to protect against attacks from iran and north korea. i think that's the first statement, posted on the website within minutes of his inauguration. no more details about where the system would differ from those already under development or its costs or indeed how it will be paid for. these pictures live as we can see from capitol hill, donald trump about how to his first celebratory lunch, having already signed his first executive orders. meanwhile, back at andrews air force base, barack meanwhile, back at andrews air force base, ba rack obama meanwhile, back at andrews air force base, barack obama and michelle about to board that flight, the burden of office, the responsibility of office now removed from him. this flight of office now removed from him. this flight taking them down to california for a few days —— a few days' rest, to catch up on some sleep, the last flight for the former president barack obama, michelle, the former first lady. former president barack obama, michelle, the formerfirst lady. a5 they go down for a few days in california. barack they go down for a few days in california. ba rack obama they go down for a few days in california. barack obama saying that in fact he will not be making any comments, he's not going to comment on international matters for a few weeks, but they will curiously and quite unusually be moving back to washington, because one of their daughters is in high school. so, president trump, first lady melania, about to attend but lunch —— that lunch. earlier, a5 about to attend but lunch —— that lunch. earlier, as he was signing those executive orders, surrounded by his children and grandchildren. let's just listen. band plays. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, donald trump and melania trump. music: hail to the chief. applause. applause well, as president trump and melania go to the table, you can see bill clinton and hillary, they will be announced by the chairman and his wife at this lunch, and then there will also be an indication —— and address. mr vice president, honoured guests, welcome to this inaugural luncheon. thejoint congressional welcome to this inaugural luncheon. the joint congressional committee has been pleased to host this lunch at least since 1953 with president eisenhower. in 1981 president reagan's first inauguration, the lunch took its current form and moved to this grand hall. it served until 1857 as the chamber of the house of representatives. the statues that line the walls of this room are placed throughout the capital —— capitol, and they recognise important figures in our national history. the collection doesn't change very often, but since this lunch wa5 doesn't change very often, but since this lunch was held the last time it has had several additions. rosa parks is now in statuary hall, and she is seated rather than standing, as she should be. when she died in 2005, she was one of the few people who had never served in any public office or served in the military to be laid in honour in their capitol rotunda. another addition, the leader of the green revolution, this was about his great efforts to feed people, demands in food production, and he was really a leader in that area in talking —— and in talking to the governor last night about what's going to happen as world food doubles —— world food demand doubles in the next 45 years. barry goldwater, an inspiration to a generation of conservatives, wa5 added to statuary hall, and thomas edison of ohio, who discovered more than 10,000 ways not to make a light bulb until he discovered the one way to make that light bulb. the painting in the middle of the room is from a great missouri artist, george bingham, he did three election series, the painting here, a three painting series, one was the cou nty a three painting series, one was the county election and this is "verdict of the people." in the 18505 when this was painted, often it was several days after the election before the results were announced, and all kinds of people are in this painting, people from all walks of life, people who are excited, confused, people who wonder what's happened and people who wonder what's going to happen, they are all there. actually he painted this painting about the same time that in this very room some of the least successful debates in the history of our country were successful debates in the history of our country were being held, and of course we paid the price for not being able to find solutions. now, one of my favourite statues in the building is in a room that i have here in the capitol right now, i had it in the whips' office when i was a whip. nobody knows who it is. i don't mean nobody here can guess who it is, i mean nobody knows who it i5, and nobody‘s known since about 1930. couldn't have been in the capitol building more than about 100 yea rs capitol building more than about 100 years before people began to wonder who is this person? and i think it's a great reminder that what we do here is a lot more important than who we are. so we have worked in front of us, it is a wonderful opportunity, it is a great day, and iam asking opportunity, it is a great day, and i am asking barry black, the chaplain of the senate, to come and give us our opening prayer. there will now be a short prayer, we understand, and then the lunch will start. and the menu, maine lobster and gulf shrimp, with a saffron sauce and peanut crumble. just to whet your appetite. second course, grilled seven hills angus beef with a dark chocolate and juniperjuice and potato gratin, and then a chocolate souffle with cherry vanilla ice cream. donald trump himself a teetotaller, so his guests -- his himself a teetotaller, so his guests —— his guests to having californian champagne and californian red and white chardonnay. and a black stallion 2012. but as i say, donald trump does not drink, and neither do his children. well, it is a little under two hours since donald trump was sworn in as america's 45th president... his family and the members of his cabinet, with the shield of your divine protection in favour. made president trump seek your wisdom, justice and grace, leading with your strength, which reaches out to those on life's margins. the lost, lonely, last, least and left out. may he remember that those who would leave a legacy of greatness must strive to become servants of all. lord, inspire our president to perform his god appointed duties, with such reverence for you that his tenure will be like the sun, shining forth ona will be like the sun, shining forth on a cloudless morning, like a rainbow after a storm, and like the singing of the birds at dawn. bless our food and fellowship, we pray, in your sovereign name, ahmed. —— amen. lunch will be served. the address, the prayer, the prayers, and now lunch. so donald trump, the 45th president of the united states, with first lady melania now, sitting down toa first lady melania now, sitting down to a lunch of maine lobster and shrimp, with a saffron sauce and peanut crumble and some angus beef as well with a dark chocolate and juniperjuice. so, as well with a dark chocolate and juniper juice. so, let's just as well with a dark chocolate and juniperjuice. so, let'sjust take you back a few hours. as i say, the inaugural oath, or the inauguration of donald trump, happened at that two hours' ago, with the oath being sworn, 45 words long... let's just remind us of that both. the office of president of the united states. the office of president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability... preserve, protect and defend... the constitution of the united states. the constitution of the united states. so help me god. so help me god. congratulations, mr president. well, a moment that many never predicted when this race started, when donald trump announced he would be standing asa trump announced he would be standing a5 a candidate. the first thing he did actually when he walked to the platform just before delivering that oath wa5 platform just before delivering that oath was a thumbs up, and then after this oath, a rallying, nationalistic speech, promising americans who voted for him that he would always put america first. hear these words, he said, you will never be ignored again. a campaign, he said, of buying american infrastructure, creating jobs, and taking the focus away from the political class in washington and interesting power back with americans outside the capital. this gun salute, a5 is traditional, following his swearing of the oath. well, already in the last ten minutes or so, the first policy announcement from the white house, it's about a missile defence system to protect the country against any attacks from north korea or iran. no detail about quite how much that would cost, or indeed where it was going to be positioned. let's just get some reaction though now from two countries which have been playing very largely in this campaign, and indeed in the new presidency. steve rosenberg is in moscow for us, and will grant joins us from in mexico city. what sort of reaction so far there? a lot of coverage here. the whole ceremony was shown live on russian state television, and i think a lot of what donald trump said in his speech will have been music to moscow's is. things like donald trump's pledge that the us will not impose its lifestyle on anyone else, and his criticism that the us had defended other nations‘ borders and not its own. also his comments that the us had spent trillions of dollars overseas, in other words, it was time for america to focus on america. that will have struck a chord here, because moscow has long criticised us administrations for interfering or meddling a5 criticised us administrations for interfering or meddling as the russians often put it, in other parts of the world and particularly ina part parts of the world and particularly in a part of the world that russia considers to be its sphere of influence, countries like ukraine and georgia, and i suspect that after hearing that speech, moscow may well see an opportunity now to increase its influence or restore its influence in the former soviet space. one of the first policy announcements was about this missile defence system. not quite sure about the cost, but when it comes to the actual defence spending and budget, donald trump has made it pretty clear already that he wants to bring reduction of nuclear weapons, although a few weeks beforehand, he basically said he would match nuclear weapons with russia as well. yes, i think the russians were slightly confused by those mixed messages, and they have been waiting for the donald trump to be sworn in as president and see what his first steps will be. missile defence is a thorny issue, the defence shield that america has already been installing in eastern europe, russia sees that particular missile shield asa sees that particular missile shield a5 a threat to its national security. and it's been one of the many disagreements with —— between moscow and washington. ok. steve, thanks very much. will in mexico city, presumably a lot of coverage there as well. but some sort of trepidation about what the future holds no? absolutely, for everything that steve mentions that was music to moscow's is, there were alarm bells in donald trump's address, being sounded in mexico. the mention of american carnage, about the shuttered factories, scattered like tombstones across the country. that from this day forward it would be america first, and that they would follow two simple rules, by american, higher american. that follow two simple rules, by american, higheramerican. that is very worrying if you are in mexican labour are all working in a mexican factory producing goods for the united states. particularly for us carfirms, i'm thinking united states. particularly for us car firms, i'm thinking of the re ce nt car firms, i'm thinking of the recent closure of a $1.6 billion plant, car assembly plant by ford, which was going to employee a significant number of people in that community, but has now redirected —— is redirecting some of the funds to match again instead. so this was a very nationalist, protectionist speech in many ways, and certainly in mexico there will be a lot of people who will be very concerned, notjust for theirjobs people who will be very concerned, not just for theirjobs but also of course the rhetoric about the wall but has peppered his entire campaign and that this will continue. there is also a fear for a lot of mexicans being sent money by relatives in the united states that there will be a cut to those tax remittances a5 well? i mean, it's not easy to do, that, underour well? i mean, it's not easy to do, that, under our all sorts of legal ramifications, but it's been posited by the trump administration and might be seen as a way to get mexico to pay for the wall as he puts it. it isa to pay for the wall as he puts it. it is a very complex picture, it is honestly very, very early, but there are going to be some thorny issues ahead, remittances is one, jobs in mexico with us firms is another, of course the wall and cross—border immigration is another. because we have had a speech which was about looking inward and defending america first, there are distinct cages rattled in mexico i would say. stay with us. steve, what is being mooted in terms of the first meeting between president putin and president we haven't had any details of that. russian state television a few days ago suggested the meeting would happen pretty soon. but we haven't got a date for it. there will probably be a telephone conversation between the two leaders sometime soon, and then preparations will start for a meeting. and on russian television today, a leading nationalist politician, a famous firebrand, he said the main thing now was to get the two leaders together for a now was to get the two leaders togetherfor a one on one, to basically solve the world's problems, he said. and i think russia sees donald trump a5 a businessman, who it can do deals with. and the russians want to do a big deal, a grand bargain, with washington. for the last couple of yea rs washington. for the last couple of years the russians have suffered from sanctions, and i think they believe that donald trump is the man to re m ove believe that donald trump is the man to remove the sanctions. steve and will, thank you very much indeed. well, the new president, donald trump, now having lunch, maine lobster and aberdeen angus with his wife milani and the political class of washington, the political class he was very critical of in his inaugural speech. —— wrote milani. let's leave you with some of the highlights of what has been a momentous day for the united states. music: "the star spangled banner" please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. congratulations, mr president. applause and cheering from this day forward, it's going to be only america first, america first. more on that inauguration in the next few minutes. before that, let's catch up with the weather forecast. good evening. the temperatures are already falling away, but it has been a smashing day for money. this was sent in by our weather watcher helen. that weather front will prevent the frost for those parts of southern scotland, far northern parts of england where we have the cloud, and northern ireland, but the than that temperatures will fall quite markedly overnight, there's very little wind so the potential for a little wind so the potential for a little bit of freezing fog. for the likes of northern england are printed northern scotland and possibly northern ireland, so quite widely a frost overnight and quite a sharp frost again in some areas, and colder this time for northern england and much of scotland, which scotla nd scotland as well will enjoy means scotland as well will enjoy the sunshine on what's looking like a mainly dry weekend. but it will be cold by night, and chile by day. it would take a while for this temperatures to lift and the fog to clear away. —— chilly. temperatures to lift and the fog to clearaway. —— chilly. for scotland, after very little sunshine all week it looks much sunnier for the likes of glasgow and edinburgh. northern ireland could see a few breaks in the cloud, but for north—eastern areas later on, just that weather front advances in, bringing in a few bit5 front advances in, bringing in a few bits of rain, possibly a few snow flurries over the pennines. more cloud a5 flurries over the pennines. more cloud as well comes in across south—western parts of england, possibly wales, not a sunny here, and cold even with the sunshine, three to five celsius. saturday night another cold one, particularly under clear skies. perhaps not as widely sharp frost, but still will be called first thing sunday morning with some freezing fog. on balance sunday looks like the cloudy day of the two this weekend, but there will still be a lot of dry weather, with a few wintry grains further east. this high pressure is keeping the weather fronts at bay; keeps with us until the beginning of next week. welcome back to washington, where donald trump ha5 welcome back to washington, where donald trump has been sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. i'm katty kay, bringing extraordinary day of it ceremony and celebration in washington. donald trump looked relaxed ahead of the ceremony, showing no sign of nerves before he took the oath of office. preserve, protect and defend. the constitution of the united states. the constitution of the united states. so help me god. so help me god. president trump then promised the

speech. president carter, president clinton, barack obama were in the audience, george w bush, and he repudiated a lot of the things they have stood for over the yea rs. things they have stood for over the years. it was quite an aggressive speech. i would see the difference was it was a little more refined than the language we are used to from donald trump. demetri, in that address he spoke about bringing power back to the people and taking it away from washington. of course that was something we heard a lot in his campaign, how he wanted to drain the swamp. but of course donald trump now becomes part of that swamp in many ways? he does, and i think one of the interesting things is if you look at the cabinet he is building now and some of the top advisors he has hired in the white house and elsewhere, he has done two things. he has put a strong emphasis on the military, picking several generals, including james mathis, a retired general to head the pentagon. retired generaljohn kelly, and retired general michael flynn who will be his national security adviser, but beyond that he has b

says she is not convinced it is lawful. sally yates is a barack obama appointee. she was asked to stay on temporarily by president trump, but is due to be replaced within days, depending on senate confirmation by mr trump's pick, jeff sessions. and another very unusual intervention. only 11 days after he left office, former president obama has weighed in to the controversy. his spokesman said american values are at stake, and praised protesters against the executive order. the statement says the former president is heartened by the level of engagement around the country, and says he fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion. and, in the past few hours, senior democratic politicians have gathered at a rally outside the supreme court. house minority leader nancy pelosi and senate leader chuck schumer called mr trump's executive order un—american. all of us take an oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. what the president has done is not in the interest of security. it is rec

thousands ofjobs along the way and be a major boom for the oil industry. when barack obama was president there was a huge amount of prevarication and hand—wringing over what to do about the keystone xl pipeline, the president then trying to balance his green credentials with his desire to providejobs. for donald trump, in his second day in office, no such qualms. for him, everything is about putting americans back to work. but criticism has been swift. president trump's decision today to green light these dirty oil pipelines proves one thing, that over the next four years he will side with the oil and gas industry over public health, the environment and every day americans. and the move is certain to upset native americans whose opposition to the dakota pipeline was strenuous and, ultimately, successful last yea r. they object to it, saying it will contaminate water supplies and disturb ancient burial grounds. and though this executive action has been signed, this is probably going to end up in the courts and so, in the short—term, this move is likely to create more jobs fo

the late south african leader, nelson mandela. in the next few minutes, barack obama is expected to answer reporters' questions at the white house, two days before leaving office. mr obama is likely to use his final news conference as the outgoing us president, to defend his decision to shorten the sentence of convicted lea ker chelsea manning. you can watch live coverage on the news channel from 7. before that time for the weather. hello, a very quiet weather picture here in the uk at the moment. which means that nothing really will change very significantly for most of us and certainly not very quickly. so here we are, looking at oui’ quickly. so here we are, looking at our weather watchers from norfolk. beautiful mottled sky. very bright and dry. we have had sunshine further south, that is where we had the frosty start this morning. for the frosty start this morning. for the majority unther der the cloud it was murky. there will still be some holes in that cloud and it is where the holes form where we will see frost and fog developing tonight. where we have the clear skies, qui

controversial pipelines. barack obama didn't want them, donald trump wa nts obama didn't want them, donald trump wants them, and also coal and that sort of thing. i think those two pipelines i would not be against those two pipelines. let's not forget, barack obama only nixed the keystone xl pipeline just before the paris agreement, so he had a better position. what i am worried about is, some of the things he wants to do may not necessarily be bad things, but the way he goes about it, the way he rams everything through, i have one, and nowi it, the way he rams everything through, i have one, and now i can do whatever i want. i am very fea rful of do whatever i want. i am very fearful of a huge backlash against the oil industry and against other energy industries, you know, in the next three to four years, because it is just round down. next three to four years, because it isjust round down. when next three to four years, because it is just round down. when you swing the pendulum too much to one side, it usually swings back quite violently. that sort of where i would stand on this.

i'm laura trevelyan, here in the city where barack obama, president of the united states for eight years, will shortly deliver his farewell speech. welcome to chicago. he's returned to the city where he launched his political career and he will make a parting plea to americans not to lose faith in theirfuture, no matter what they think about their next president. this is where he met his wife, michelle, who will be at his side tonight, and in 2008 he made a victory speech in chicago. it is a very important city to him, which is why he has chosen to come here. this isa why he has chosen to come here. this is a speech he has been poring over, thinking about since long before that more election campaign. this is a speech that his aides say is going be beyond politics. his supporters tonight, thousands of loyal supporters, have queued up in the cold to get their free tickets that we re cold to get their free tickets that were given out. they are here tonight, wanting to hearfrom him, a way ahead. for those who did not vote for donald trump, this is an anxious moment. they are seeking r

hello, you're watching bbc news. i'm adnan nawaz. our top story this hour: the son—in—law also rises — donald trump names jared kushner, his son—in—law, as a senior white house adviser. democrats immediately called for a review. hello and welcome. as barack obama prepares to say farewell, we have a look at what he did for the world ‘s biggest economy. and china's raw materials are going up faster than it has for the past five years. it could mean the past five years. it could mean the rest of the world will be paying more for the stuff they sell. donald trump has named his son—in—law as a senior white house adviser. democrats have immediately called for a review ofjared kushner‘s appointment to the president—elect‘s team, citing nepotism laws and potential conflicts of interest, but members of mr trump's team are confident of the job given to the 36—year—old businessman. bill hayton reports. never centrestage but rarely far away, jared kushner was a key figure behind donald trump's election campaign and, since november, behind the transition team. while he's been strategizing in trump tower, lawyers have been working out how a relative of the president, with huge business interests, can work in the white house. mr kushner is expected to step down from his multi—billion dollar property company and put other legal safeguards in place. he has been part of the trump family since marrying the president—elect‘s daughter, ivanka, seven years ago. a 50—year—old law bans federal officials from hiring relatives to work in state agencies but trump's team says the rule doesn't apply to the white house — that's likely to be contested. ivanka trump will be working in this white house. she won't take an official role, instead she'll focus on looking after the couple's three children, at their new washington home. mr kushner is part of a growing group of trump advisers. reince priebus, the outgoing chair of the republican party's national committee, will be chief of staff. steve bannon, once head of the right—wing news site, breitbart, will be chief strategist. trump's spokeswoman, kellyanne conway, will be white house counsellor. and now mr kushner has the vague title of senior white house adviser, working on trade in the middle east. some observers believe mr trump is playing divide and rule, forcing his inner circle to compete for attention. like so many things about the incoming administration, exactly how it will work remains a mystery. bill hayton, bbc news the outgoing obama administration has blacklisted five prominent russians, just 11 days before mr obama leaves office. among them are chief federal investigator, alexander bastrykin, and two men wanted in the uk for the murder of russian dissident alexander litvinenko. the sanctions come at a time of worsening ties, including claims russia rana cyber campaign to influence the us election. the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has expressed confidence that the uk will be in the front seat when it comes to negotiating any new trade deal with the united states under the trump administration. mrjohnson made the comments after meeting senior republicans in washington. during the brexit campaign, president obama warned that britain would be at the back of the queue for american trade deals if it left the european union. more than 30 people are now known to have died in recent days across europe as a cold snap from the arctic circle continues to take hold across central and eastern parts of the continent. temperatures dropped to as little as minus 30 degree celsius. and charities are concerned for refugees crossing the continent on foot or living in informal settlements. greg dawson reports. a view worthy of a postcard but even injanuary, a view worthy of a postcard but even in january, this is a view worthy of a postcard but even injanuary, this is not a sight to expect on the greek island of crete. it cannot get through, shout this driver attempting to drive through the roads. the pavement of these high street is filled with snow up to two metres high. this may be a common sight but rarely in these conditions. the cameras are also out in istanbul where the snows are expected to stick around until wednesday. i do not remember seeing the snow like this eberflus the public presentation is broken and most of the roads shut down. thousands of passengers have faced delays and cancellations and ferries have been unable to run on the bosphorus river. but as those making journeys on foot face tough conditions. in belgrade, more than 2000 refugees are dealing with temperatures as low as —20 celsius. a makeshift fire, an abandoned warehouse, and a pair of slippers, the only defence for someone. further north, some of the coldest temperatures have been felt in the czech republic where it has dropped as low as minus 30. at least six people are known to have died from exposure and more snow is promise on the coming days. to explain what's caused this icy blast, and for a look at the forecast, here's our weather presenter matt taylor. the current freeze stretches back to december. a pool of cold air developing across northern russia. last week, high—pressure developed to the west of europe, low pressure to the east, and we tapped into that reservoir of cold air and it worked its way all the way southwards towards the mediterranean. now, over the next few days, that pool of cold air is just trapped. we have lost that northerly flow. it slowly starts to ease out a little bit so if you look at the temperatures, still on tuesday, we see the blues daytime temperatures widely below freezing but not as cold as it has been. as we go through the next few days, certainly into wednesday, across athens, back up to double figures. by thursday, northern parts — germany, poland and the baltic states — should temperatures creep above freezing once agsain but we are not quite yet done with the snow because areas of low pressure spinning across turkey, romania, bulgaria on tuesday will bring more snow and strong winds. another bout of snow across greece and bulgaria for wednesday. and as things turn a little bit milder, we could see a bit of snow for a time across the north too. the funeral is taking place for iran's former president, akbar hashemi rafsanjani who died on sunday at the age of 82. mr rafsanjani left the presidency twenty years ago but remained influential as one of the leading moderate voices in iranian politics. mohsen asgari, a bbc reporter, joins us on the line from tehran. how many people are we expected and he will be the most high profile? actually, hundreds of thousands of people have gathered. the funeral is going to be started in a few minutes and the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei ali khamenei will lead the ceremony full of akbar hashemi rafsanjani's ceremony full of akbar hashemi rafsa njani's death has ceremony full of akbar hashemi rafsanjani's death has created fractions. this is called a megaevent. it is meant to be starting in a few minutes. has his death become a political event as well? we talk about his influence on the moderates. inaudible those groups and people are under more pressure. akbar hashemi rafsanjani played a significant role, in 1979, he played a key role and a leader of the economic recovery. although he has many critics, inaudible he said he was a reliable source of support for all those who worked for ayatolla h for all those who worked for ayatollah ali khamenei ali khamenei himself. we will keep across the funeral of the former president of iran, akbar hashemi rafsanjani as it happens in thai run. —— tehran. in other news: a two—day strike by some of british airway‘s cabin staff begins at london's heathrow airport today. the strike by nearly 3,000 members of the unite trade union, is in pursuit of higher pay. up to 50 flights are expected to be cancelled of the two days of action. the airline says passengers affected will be rebooked a statement to mps later on the political crisis at the stormont assembly. on monday martin mcguinness of sinn fein resigned as deputy first minister, forcing the first minister, arlene foster of the dup, out of her post and raising the prospect of early elections. scientists have found that a drug used to treat alzheimer's disease encourages teeth to re—grow as well as repairing cavities. researchers at king's college london found that the drug tideglusib stimulates the formation of dentine, the material found under tooth enamel. it's thought the discovery might reduce the need for fillings in the future. and aaron is here with all the business news. the us under barack obama, the economy has done quite well? he inherited a poisoned chalice, really. like many economies around the world, the us economy was in dire straits. a tough position to ta ke dire straits. a tough position to take on and many will say it has done relatively well. someone has treated me that it was not friday, only tuesday! i going home. there are just a couple of weeks of barack 0bama's presidency remaining and later today he gives his big farewell speech. as well as being commander in chief he's also overseen the world's biggest economy for the last 8 years. but what kind of legacy has he left? well since his inauguration injanuary 2009 more than 11 million morejobs have been added with the unemployment rate falling from 7.8% to 4.7%. it peaked at 10.0% in 0bama's first year in power. the typical american family brings home nearly $54,000 a year, almost exactly the same as 20 years ago — once you adjust for inflation. wage growth has been very low under 0bama, and has been called the "missing piece" of the recovery. and the economy has grown about 1.5% a year over the course of his presidency. it compares to about 2% under his predecessor george w bush. one of the costs of that has been that us government debt has nearly doubled from $10 trillion to $20 trillion during 0bama's eight years in the oval office. we will speak to an expert coming up in world business report. let's turn to china because we've had the latest numbers which tell us how the world's second biggest economy is doing. inflation that consumers are seeing at the shops fell to 2.1%. but that might have more of an impact on the rest of us is that factories are paying more for the raw materials they make into the stuff that china then sells to the rest of the world. in december the producer price index jumped 5.5% from a year earlier. it sounds boring at it is not boring. if they pass those costs on to the people buying the clothes, electronics or other household goods they make it could lead to more inflation in the rest of the world. we will explain more on that in about 20 minutes time. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcaaron stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how to toss away your christmas tree and have fun in the process. the japanese people are in mourning, following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief. after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow, in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago, the authorities confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erika would head out to sea. it didn't. the world's tallest skyscraper opens today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. this is bbc world news. i'm adnan nawaz. the latest headlines: jared kushner is to be appointed as a senior adviser to incoming president trump when his father—in—law enters the white house. in the iranian capital tehran, a funeral ceremony begins for one of the country's most powerful clerics, akbar hashemi rafsanjani. president obama has made countless decisions during his presidency — and some he's come to think twice about. so which ones make that list? the bbc‘s david botti takes us through a few of his presidential regrets. eight years in office and lots of decisions. does president obama have any regrets? well, we couldn't ask him directly that he has spoken about regret in the past. here are a few of them. libya, last year, a fox news host asked him a simple question. worst mistake? probably failing to plan for the day after what i think was the right thing to do intervening in libya. obama told the magazine he misjudged two things. first, how much tribal divisions would play a role in post gaddafi libya and secondly, how little he could rely on france and the uk to help rebuild the country. 0f the uk to help rebuild the country. of course, those governments didn't see it that way. guns. a lot of mass shootings happened on his watch was not here he is in 2015 talking to bbc. the one area i feel that i have been most frustrated and most stifled, we do not have sufficient commonsense gun safety laws. even in the face of repeated mass killings. partisanship. here is the president a year ago giving his last union speech. is one of the few regrets of my presidency that the rank between the two parties has gotten worst incident better. i have no doubt that lincoln or roosevelt might have been abridged the divide. funnily enough, on this issue, 0bama co m pa res enough, on this issue, 0bama compares himself to his predecessors. he later told vanity fair that he maybe could have gotten more done if he had the genius of abraham lincoln, the charm of fdr, the energy of teddy roosevelt or the legislative acumen of lbj. guantanamo. he campaigned on a promise to close the prison. of course, it is still open and president—elect trump wants to keep it that way. and we are going to load it up with some bad dudes. believe me, we are going to load it up. when a student in ohio asked him what he would have done differently? i wanted to" and a mate on the first day. i didn't because we had a bite partisan agreement. —— bipartisan. ——i wanted to close it on the first day. finally, syria. he said it haunt him. he told vanity fair he doesn't regret how he handled it that he does say... no doubt president obama will reflect on his decisions for the rest of his life, so will we and so will history. the brazilian government has told the bbc that it intends to build dozens of huge hydro—electric dams across the amazon region. it says the controversial programme will boost the economy, harness the country's natural resources and provide clean energy. but environmental campaigners say the plan is a disaster for the amazon region and will lead to more deforestation and global warming. 0ur brazil correspondent wyre davies has visited the first of the mega—dams, called belo monte, and has spent time with indigenous communities whose lands and villages are threatened by the dam building programme. from the heart of the planet's greatest rainforest emerges one of the world's biggest civil engineering projects. a monolithic monument to progress. the belo monte dam is brazil's answer to its growing energy needs. mired in controversy and allegations of corruption, the $18 billion dam partially blocks the xingu, a major amazon tributary and has flooded thousands of acres of rainforest. there's a human cost too. the local fishing industry has been decimated. thousands of riverside dwellers, or ribeirinhos, have lost their land and livelihoods, forced into a completely alien urban environment. we get angry, says this man, showing us his now worthless fishing licence. we see these corporations making millions from what used to be ours, he says, and we can't even use the river any more. building the dam brought hundreds ofjobs to the riverside town of altamira but it also led to increasing deforestation and the permanent loss of many low—lying islands. but say the rivers and their energy are there to be harnessed for the greater good of brazil. i will definitely defend the presence of hydro, technology in our portfolio of technologies. in the developed part of the world, almost 70% of the hydro potential has already been explored. in brazil, almost 70% of our hydro potential has not in explored yet. brazil says it wants to build at least 50 hydroelectric dams across the amazon. the government saying it is clean, sustainable energy, but the impact of so many of these structures on the world's greatest river system, its environment and its people, will be immense. next in line for development, the tapajos — described as the most beautiful river in the amazon region and home to the munduruku indigenous peoples. a plan to build several dams along its length would transform this wide shallow river into it navigable water highway. but it would flood forests and islands used by the munduruku for centuries. tribal chiefs say they will resist any attempts to build dams on the river. translation: the government always comes here with its lies. there's not one place one of them has been built that has turned out good for locals and for our tribes. there is only misery and complaints. these tattooed warriors of the amazon are taking on powerful business and political interests that want to weaken environmental legislation and fast track the building of hydroelectric dams. clean energy and the promise ofjobs versus the rights of indigenous tribes and whether to exploit or protect this fragile ecosystem. it was the football story that stunned the world. leicester city were a wholly improbable 5,000—1 to win the english premier league last season. but they did just that and now their italian manager claudio ranieri has been rewarded by being named fifa coach of the year. as expected cristiano ronaldo was men's player of the year at the inaugural best fifa football awards in zurich, with american carli lloyd winning the best female player despite the us failing to get a medal at the rio 0lympics. thank you so much. of course, i want to thank my family, my wife, my agents, my players, my players. without them, it is difficult for the manager to win something. also ourfans. i the manager to win something. also our fans. i think the manager to win something. also ourfans. i think what the manager to win something. also our fans. i think what happened last season in england was amazing, it was something strange. the god of football said, leicester must win. i hate to break it to you but christmas is over and a problem many people face is how to get rid of their christmas tree. well, in a town in southern germany, they may have found a novel solution. an athletic championship where you can throw them away, literally. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. in weidenthal, they were signing up to compete. a world championship no less, in throwing christmas trees. a complicated business where you can throw the tree as high as you can or as far as you can. translation: the knutfest is an old tradition that originates from scandinavia. saint knut was the king of denmark. he was killed and was a matyr. in sweden, the knutfest and christmas tree throwing has a long tradition. we adapted it and are now throwing our own party. there are a number of different approaches. some swing the tree round like a hammer, others pretend it's a javelin. yelling cheering the women's event was won by alexandra koepper, with a throw not far off 16 metres. cheering the best male throw, more than 23 metres, a new world record. not bad for an amateur. translation: yes, the current world record holder was a bit weak today and i took my chance despite the lack of training. but a lot of mulled wine. a smile, a wave, and a title to defend next year. tim allman, bbc news. this deer ended up on a frozen river in connecticut. unable to get its footing. rescuers tried for some time to get it secure and safe with a blanket. not the easiest thing to do on a icy frozen river. but eventually — the deer made it to the riverbank — and was soon off back into the woods. in tirana, very quickly, the funeral of the former president of iran has now begun. goodbye. good by the end of the day, we will have some patchy rain and drizzle. we start the day with a touch of frost and ice around first thing. temperatures are already on the rise by eight o'clock. there will be sunny spells and a a lot more clout in the west. here, tabriz is picking up. —— cloud. —— the breeze is picking up. there will be one or two showers running across northern england as well. cloudier and mild to the far west of scotland. a blustery start. eastern areas start with a bit of sunshine. amounts will increase and it is taking away the morning sunshine. gale force winds in the north of scotland and some occasional rain. nothing too substantial but temperatures by the end of the day into double figures. into tuesday night, the wind is picking up across northern scotland, severe gales across the far north, a speu severe gales across the far north, a spell of rain. outbreaks of rain turning lighter and patchy as they work south. that will introduce called at. as we start the morning, called at. as we start the morning, called at. as we start the morning, called a further north. showers is turning wintry. quite a windy day across the board on wednesday. if you are on the move, take note of the forecast. you could see gusts that will take on impact on travel. —— have an impact. rain is further south where there will be more clout and temperatures holding up here. we are opening the door to arctic air —— cloud. north—westerly winds and into thursday. we need to watch this feature. it will push into the south. mainly of rain into the english channel but nudges northwards and interacts with the colder air and some counties of england could see snow. it is very uncertain at the moment. the main risk of snow on thursday with frequent snow showers in northern and western areas. eastern areas, the odd flurry but most places will be dry and sunny. for all, though, it will be called. temperatures, when you factor in the icy winds, it will feel like subzero. this is bbc world news, the headlines: donald trump has named his son—in—law as a senior white house adviser. democrats immediately called for a review ofjared kushner‘s appointment to the president—elect‘s team, citing nepotism laws and potential conflicts of interest. the funeral is taking place for iran's former president, akbar hashemi rafsanjani who died on sunday at the age of 82. mr rafsanjani left the presidency twenty years ago but was a leading moderate voice in iranian politics. more than 30 people have died as a cold snap from the arctic circle takes hold in central and eastern europe. charities are concerned for refugees crossing the continent on foot or living in informal settlements. the brazilian government has told the bbc that it intends to build hydro—electric dams across the amazon region. it says the controversial programme will boost the economy,

he says, once he leaves office, he will still stand up for what he calls core values. barack hussein obama leads our news review. he spoke to the press corps at the white house for the very last time. the guardian showing him here smiling, talking about why he believes americans voted for donald trump. he says it's because they feel forgotten and disenfranchised. peace talks to try and end the bloodshed in syria are due to begin on monday in kazakhstan. in the arab news, they've got a bit there on the front page. it still seems unclear which international players will be at those peace talks. the new york times' international edition showing president—elect donald trump in moscow in 2013 at the miss universe contest. the paper looking at mr trump's ties to russia, also reporting on a number of polls in the us which show he has the lowest approval rating for any new american president. delegates at the world economic forum in davos have been looking into the future, with a report suggesting electric cars will make up suggesting electric cars will make up 90% of all vehicles

charged with her murder. an emotionalfarewell — after eight years in office barack obama prepares to step down and pays tribute to his wife. for the past 25 years you have not only been my wife and mother of my children, you have been my best friend. cheering and coming up in the sport on bbc news: sam warburton is close to stepping down as the wales captain. alan wynjones would be his likely replacement for the six nations. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. russia has dismissed media reports that it's holding compromising information about donald trump. it comes after claims in america that russian intelligence agencies have obtained personally compromising material about his business interests and his private life. mr trump — who has denied the allegations — is due to hold a news confererence this afternoon — his first since his election last november. he tweeted that the intelligence agencies shouldn't have allowed the information to leak. he took one more shot at them and said are we living in nazi germany. he will hold a news conference this afternoon, his firs

in a very different picture that barack obama was leaving behind. too many of our citizens a different reality exists. mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities. rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation. and an education system flush with cash but which leaves our young and beautiful stu d e nts which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge. and the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealised potential. this american carnage stops right hip —— here and right now. and then a message to the rest of the world, don't look to us to bail you out, we have different priorities now. we assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city in every foreign capital and in every hole of power. from this day forward a new vision will govern our land. from this day forward it's going to be only america first. america first. economic nationalism would be the order of the day. we will follow two simple rules. buy america

this is bbc news with me clive myrie — the headlines. barack obama prepares for a final farewell. i'm at the white house where journalists have packed the briefing room for their last chance to question president obama before he leaves office. on a visit to india, britain's foreign secretary warns eu leaders not to penalise the uk over brexit. if mr hollande wants to administer punishment beatings to anybody who chooses to escape rather in the manner of some sort of world war ii movie then, you know, i don't think that is the way forward. meanwhile european commission presidentjean—claude juncker promises to seek a "balanced" brexit deal — but warns of difficulties ahead. we want a fair deal with britain and a fair day for britain but a fair deal means a fair deal for the european union too. thousands of gambians and foreign tourists flee the country due to political unrest after the president refused to stand down. also this hour, record breaking temperatures for the third year in a row. scientists say it's due to climate change — and we're to blame. good evening and welcome to bbc news. it's just two days until donald trump becomes the 45th president of the united states. in the next few minutes, the current occupant of the white house, barack obama, will be holding his final news conference while in office. we will be bringing you that live. president obama is expected to use the news conference to defend his decision yesterday to shorten the sentence of chelsea manning, the former us soldier convicted of revealing military secrets to wikileaks. our state department correspondent barbara plett—usher is in washington. the front part of the conference is likely to be dominated by the commutation of that sentence for chelsea manning. i think so, there have been questions about that and critics in the republican party have said it was the wrong decision and it was the largest leak of us classified material ever and it put lives and american interests at risk and to shorten the sentence and released chelsea manning sent the dangers message for those who also wa nt to lea k dangers message for those who also want to leak dangerous or classified material. president obama will likely be asked about that and is likely be asked about that and is likely to defend his decision. white house officials have said chelsea manning went through a trial and was convicted and punished and spent time injailand has convicted and punished and spent time injail and has taken responsibility and expressed regret and should therefore be released. also taking into consideration her emotional and mental health, a transgender woman in a male person trying to go through a gender change for the game critics have said you should not treat a traitor like a martyr. that will take up a large chunk of it and you assume he will also be defending his record. he probably will, although he has done that quite copiously in the past weeks. he had a speech where he did that, a press conference in december, he has given many interviews to us and international news outlets so in terms of legacy issues i think many of the questions from journalists will be about this kind of hard news. but they will be aware that this is their last outing with the president and that tomorrow is the last day that he and his staffers are cleaning up their desks. they have to be gone by midnight. to be ready for the new trump administration on friday. so there is a sense of the last moments with president obama and concerning questions about what they will face in the press briefing room if indeed there will be press briefings in the same way under donald trump. the press have been, they have had the ear of the president for the past eight years or so. it seems to be the case that president trump when he becomes president is not going to be itself forthcoming with his press conferences. do you expect president obama two are to that? he might do if he is asked about it. the obama administration ran a pretty tight ship on information and was not as transparent as promised. but he has held some 163 press conferences. and regular daily press briefings with jealous in the white house, where they are able to speak to senior officials. the trump administration has been tossed around different ideas, we do not know exactly what is going to happen but we do know that mr trump has not liked to give press c0 nfe re nces that mr trump has not liked to give press conferences in the past. his tea m press conferences in the past. his team have said they would perhaps love the press to a nearby location amongst other things. so there is concern. it could come up today, we will see. thank you for that. we will see. thank you for that. we will of course be renewed that conference live. —— bring you. eu leaders meeting in strasbourg have been giving their first reaction to theresa may's brexit speech. the prime minister of malta, which holds the eu presidency, said any deal had to be inferior to the relationship britain enjoys at the moment. with both british and eu politicians trying not to antagonise each other borisjohnson has been blamed for doing the opposite. he's been accused of comparing france's president hollande to a nazi. our political editor laura kuennsberg explains. watch out chaps, i'm worried about you falling over. watch out, foreign secretary, more like. it is his job to wins friends and influence around the world. on tour in india today. but as the delicate process of leaving the eu begins, rather indelicate words about our old friends and foes, the french. if mr hollande wants to administer punishment beatings to anybody who chooses to escape, rather in the manner of some world war ii movie, i don't think that is the way forward. i think it is not in the interests of our friends and our partners. from thousands of miles away, he was slammed as crass. not exactly what you would expect from a foreign minister, one diplomat told me. awkward, when back home the prime minister is urging everyone to play nice. the point he made was a reasonable one, but the language has to be extremely careful in dealing with colleagues and friends. what does boris do? he comes up with these extraordinary phrases of which we should all be ashamed. borisjohnson‘s team says he was just making the point thatit makes no sense for the rest of the eu to treat britain harshly. but only yesterday, theresa may publicly reminded ministers here at home of the need for discipline and with a difficult deal ahead, britain needs all the friends it has. language matters, but it is the words and attitudes of european leaders that will prove vital. yesterday, the prime minister appealed to her eu counterparts, urging them to behave as good friends, even as we leave. the arch european jean—claude juncker, who leads the commission that will manage the deal was suing for peace. we are not in a hostile mood. we want a fair deal with britain and a fair dealfor britain, but a fair deal means a fair deal for the european union. yet europe's leaders are in no mood to let britain divide and conquer. their goal right now is sticking together. we now have a clearer idea of what britain wants, angela merkel said, the most important thing is that europe is not divided. and in public and private, this is the reality. whatever the uk asks for, the rest of the eu will not do a deal where the terms of trade are as cushy outside as in. we want a fair deal for the united kingdom, but that deal necessarily needs to be inferior to membership. are you playing hardball? she may smile, her speech yesterday pleased most of her party, but theresa may is still under attack for not giving mps enough of a say. it is not so much the iron lady as the irony lady. i have a plan. he does not have a clue. next tuesday it is over to the courts, who could force the government to give detail, more detail, to parliament, before the technical process of extricating ourselves from the eu begins. in these negotiations it will not always seem that ministers are in charge. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in strasbourg. it is interesting, the comments by borisjohnson, although some here see them as at best insensitive and at worst offensive, have not made a big impact because here the view is there are serious issues at stake and the important thing to be remembered is what they are saying is the uk needs to understand it is trying to achieve unprecedented things. theresa may wants a free—trade deal and an unprecedented amount of time within two years and for that she needs goodwill on behalf of the negotiating partners here. what the maltese prime minister who will chair the eu countries said was that theresa may had made a political decision to prioritise stopping the free movement of people, and the uk leaving the single market would not achieve as good a deal outside. very clear on that. angela merkel clear, saying outside the eu, the uk could not cherry pick because from the eu perspective, any deal would not offer benefits that would make any other country want also to follow the same path outside the eu and from the eu point of view that is what would do greatest harm to their unity. thousands of british holidaymakers are on their way home from the gambia after a state of emergency was declared there. the foreign office is advising people to avoid all but essential travel to the country, after its president refused to accept that he lost last month's election. it's not very good news. it's basically that we are going to evacuate everyone back home today. today? yes, today. about half the holiday—makers in the gambia are british. most are following foreign office advice to leave, even if some are reluctant. asking us to leave is unnecessary, i think, at the moment. but i understand that we need to do it. to me, it feels stupid, because this will all be over within 24 to 48 hours. but it's not just foreigners fleeing the capital, banjul. many gambians fear possible violence, as the president tries to cling to power, defying his election defeat last month. president yahya jammeh at first conceded that he lost, 22 years after seizing power, and facing mounting accusations of torturing and murdering opponents. but then he changed his mind, and refused to step down. the man who won, adama barrow, fled to neighbouring senegal. he insists he will be sworn in as president tomorrow, and other west african states, including nigeria, are preparing their forces to intervene on his behalf. the foreign office stresses that one of its first duties is the protection of britons overseas. so ministers say they had no choice but to urge those in the gambia to leave. the americans took a similar decision, more than a week ago. ministers feel caution has to be the watchword. we have been putting a contingency plan together, should the advice from the foreign and commonwealth office change. and of course, that happened last night. and the advice, to stop all but essential travel, effectively translates into, you shouldn't go unless you have to, and if you are out there, you really ought to come home. so now, charter aircraft are flying into the gambia empty, flying out full, as the tourist exodus accelerates. tonight, senegal is seeking un backing for west african states to intervene. its troops are already massing on the border. james robbins, bbc news. our correspondent in the gambia, umaru fofana, has been to banjul international airport to assess how holiday—makers on their way home are reacting to the news. thousands of european tourists are streaming out of the gambia, with special flights having been arranged for them. they are mostly from the united kingdom, which has nearly 1000 tourists in this country at present. but there are also others from france and from the netherlands. some of them have reacted negatively to having been asked to leave, but others say that it is safety first, therefore they are pleased to go back home, at the insistence of the governments and their families. all of this comes just a day after president yahya jammeh declared a state of emergency, which was endorsed by parliament, which also extended its mandates, which should have ended at midnight tonight. all of this comes amid uncertainty as to what will happen next, with a massive troop build—up by particularly senegal and nigeria. to install adam barrow as the elected president of this country, something which president yahya jammeh has challenged. some news coming in, the former us president george bush senior who has beenin president george bush senior who has been in hospital in texas since the weekend, since saturday, he has a p pa re ntly weekend, since saturday, he has apparently been moved to intensive care. he is said to be in a stable condition after being treated for pneumonia. and he is 92 years old. his wife barbara has also been admitted to the same hospital as a precaution because of fatigue. so the former us president george bush senior who has been in hospital in texas since last saturday has been moved to intensive care suffering from pneumonia. the headlines. president barack obama prepares to make a final farewell speech in front of jealous make a final farewell speech in front ofjealous of the white house with two days remaining of his presidency. a visit to india, britain's foreign secretary has warned eu leaders not to penalise the uk over brexit. thousands of gambians and foreign tourists are fleeing the country after political unrest, the president refusing to stand down after the elections last month. let's show you the scene live at the white house, where president obama with just a couple of days to go before standing down as president, journalists there gathering for the final press conference of the obama administration. hundreds of journalists there. and one of the questions the president will have to a nswer questions the president will have to answer is why he decided to commute the sentence of bradley manning, the soldier who was responsible for the biggest league of classified information in american history. that is chelsea manning, she already served seven that is chelsea manning, she already served seven years that is chelsea manning, she already served seven years in jail but the president decided to commute her sentence. that will be one of the big talking points obviously. the president perhaps will be reflecting on the last eight years and perhaps what he thinks the next four years of the trump administration might look like. we're waiting for that press c0 nfe re nce look like. we're waiting for that press conference from the president. it's being hailed as a victory for disabled people. doug paulley, who uses a wheel chair, took legal action because he couldn't board a bus in leeds, when a mother with a pushchair refused to make way for him. todayjudges at the supreme court ruled that the bus company's policy of "requesting" but not "requiring" other passengers to move was not good enough. our disability affairs correspondent nikki fox reports. it has taken almost five yea rs of legal battles to get to this point. how are you feeling? elated. but finally, doug paulley had his day in the highest court in the country. all sevenjudges agreed the bus company's policy of requesting and not requiring a person to vacate the wheelchair space was unlawful. today the supreme court has allowed the appeal of doug paulley, albeit toa the appeal of doug paulley, albeit to a limited extent. but it is not quite as clear—cut, because the judgment does go as far as insisting someone move from the space. i am really pleased with the result. i am aware some won't be pleased. it has not gone as far as some people would like or it has gone too far than people would like. in the end, this is about disabled people's right to access, to travel on the bus, and, hopefully, today has been a step in the right direction. it began in 2012 when doug was unable to catch a bus because the space for wheelchairs was occupied by a mum and her pushchair. she refused to move which meant doug could not get on. first group admit that following the verdict, they might have to amend training they provide staff, but are pleased drivers will not have to force people off the bus. we really welcome the fact the court confirmed that a driver is not required to remove a passengerfrom a bus if they refuse to move from the space, which is important for drivers to have that clarity. the impact of the judgment will have much wider implications that span further than just buses. any service provider or company that has a dedicated space for disabled people, which could be a supermarket disabled bay, or accessible toilet in a restaurant, they will have to make sure wheelchair users get priority. not all wheelchair users agree. i will not go on the bus and take the woman with the pram... i am disabled, but i am still a man and this just feels not right. what about mothers with babies? it is not quite as simple as wheelchairs versus pushchairs. it is better to remain a grey area for people to use common sense. however, nuanced, today's ruling paves the way for a closer look at legislation when it comes to prioritising access for wheelchair users. nikki fox, bbc news. it's official. 2016 was the hottest year since records began over a century ago according to nasa scientists. average global temperatures edged ahead of 2015 — and are now 1.1 degrees higher than pre—industrial levels. in fact, it is the third consecutive year that the record has been broken — nasa say. scientists believe that the el nino weather phenomenon played a role — but increasing levels of greenhouse gases were the main factor in driving up temperatures. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. our planet is warming, fast, and the latest data suggests that 2016 was a record—breaking year. this winter, parts of the arctic have had a heatwave, temperatures were above freezing when they should have been far below. while australia's great barrier reef was transformed to this. vast swathes of coral were killed off, as the waters warmed. 2015 was the warmest year on record up until now, and 2016 has just beaten that. it's beaten it by about 0.1, 0.12 degrees celsius. which doesn't seem like a lot, but in terms of the yearly variations, it is actually huge. part of this rise was caused by an el nino event, a warm ocean current that disrupts the world's weather. but scientists say greenhouse gases were the main driver. this shows how global temperatures have increased since the industrial revolution. the bigger the circle, the hotter the year. and the latest data, collected by nasa and meteorological agencies around the world, suggest 2016 is the third year in a row to break records. the global temperature is edging ever closer towards some worrying figures. scientists say a rise of two degrees celsius above pre—industrial levels could lead to dangerous impacts around the world. so a lower limit of 1.5 celsius was set by the paris climate agreement, a global deal that came into force last year. but with carbon dioxide at record levels, scientists say this is a temperature threshold we are on course to surpass. to tackle global warming, the world is being urged to move away from fossil fuels, like coal. but in the us, donald trump has said he wants to revive the industry, and has threatened to pull america out of the paris climate agreement. the woman who brokered the deal is concerned. if the us chooses to exit the road and the path that has been pursued by every other country in the world, it is only going to damage itself, because it will become less competitive. we are moving toward a de—carbonised society. all eyes will now be on this year's data. already, scientists forecast that 2017 won't be as warm, because the el nino event is over. but they say longer term, unless action is taken, the earth will continue to heat up. rebecca morelle, bbc news. going back to the white house and pictures of journalists just waiting for president obama to stand at that podium in the next couple of minutes 01’ so. podium in the next couple of minutes or so. we expect his final news conference shortly. our correspondent is just outside. he has had well over 100 news conferences, daily press briefings and so on. but the suggestion has been that this administration has not been as forthcoming as many people had hoped. he is at the moment fashionably late, he has not been as forthcoming as people might have hoped. there has been quite a lot of control of information in this white house even though he promised great transparency. they do send out briefings and notes about decisions they have made but they have also kept the limits and controls about what they release. but they have had fairly good access in terms of a press briefing room, daily press briefings, as we said. quite a lot of press conferences and when mrobama quite a lot of press conferences and when mr obama comes to them he tends to talk fulsomely, he not only a nswe i’s to talk fulsomely, he not only answers the question but gives an explanation of why he believes what he believes or defends what he did. so we have had a lot of time of him talking to the press. just to cut you off, we are going to hear the president himself. let me start by saying i was sorely tempted to wear a tan suit today. for my last press conference. but michelle whose fashion sense is better than mine tells me it is not appropriate in january. i better than mine tells me it is not appropriate injanuary. i covered a lot of the ground i want to cover in my farewell address last week. so i am just going to say a couple of quick things before questions. first we have been in touch with the family of president george bush and his wife being admitted to hospital with morning. they are not only dedicated their lives to this country, they have been a constant source of friendship and support and good counsel for michelle and me over the years. they are as fine a couple as we know. and so we want to send our prayer and our love to them. really good people. second thing i want to do is to thank all of you. some of you have been covering me for a long time. folks like christie and linen. some of you have just gotten to know me, we've travelled the world together, hit a few singles, a few doubles. barack obama at the white house with the final press conference of his presidency. even when you complained about my long answer is, ijust want you to know the only reason they were long was because you asked six part questions! but i have enjoyed working with all of you. but of course does not mean i have enjoyed every story you are filed but that is the point of this relationship. you're not supposed to be sycophants but sceptics. us poster asking tough questions. you're not supposed to be complimentary, but you are supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power. and make sure that we are accountable to the people who sent us here. and you have done that. you have done it for the most part in ways that i could appreciate for fairness even if i did not always agree with your conclusions. and having new in this building has made this place work better. it keeps us honest, makes us work harder. you have made us think about how we are doing, what we do, and whether we are able to deliver on what has been requested. by our constituents. and for example every time you have asked why you have not secured the ebola virus or why there is still a hole in the gulf, i go back to my team and ask, get this solved before the next conference! i have spent a lot of time in my farewell address talking about the state of our democracy. it goes without saying that essential to thatis without saying that essential to that is a free press. that is part of how this place, this country, this grand experiment of self—government has to work. it does not work if we do not have a well—informed citizen. and you are the conduit through which they receive the information about what is taking place in the halls of power. so america needs you and democracy needs you, we need you to establish a baseline of and evidence that we can use as a starting point for the kind of reason and inform debates that ultimately lead to progress. and so my hope is you will continue with the same tenacity that you showed us, to do the hard work of getting to the bottom of stories and getting them right. and to push those of us in power to be the best version of ourselves. and to push this country to be the best version of itself. i've no doubt you will do so of itself. i've no doubt you will do so and i'm looking forward to being an active consumer of your work rather than always the subject of it. i want to thank you all for your extraordinary service to our democracy and with that i will take some questions. i will start with jeff mason, apparently his time is not up! i thought we would be going out together. are you concerned that commuting the sentence of chelsea manning will send a message that leaking classified material to wikileaks is leaking classified material to wikilea ks is acceptable. leaking classified material to wikileaks is acceptable. and julian assange has now offered to come to the united states, are you thinking that or would he be charged or arrested if he came here. well chelsea manning has served a tough prison sentence. so the notion that... the average person who was thinking about disclosing vital classified information would think that it goes unpunished i don't think would get that impression from the sentence that chelsea manning has served. it has been my view that given she went to trial, that due process was carried out, that she took responsibility for her crime, that the sentence that she received was very disproportionate relative to what other leakers had received. and that she had served a significant amount of time. that it made sense to commute and not pardon her sentence. i feel very co mforta ble her sentence. i feel very comfortable that justice has her sentence. i feel very comfortable thatjustice has been served and that a message has still been sent that when it comes to our national security, that wherever possible we need folks who may have he jit may concerns about —— legitimate concerns about their agencies that they work through the established channels and avail themselves of the whistle blower protections that have been put in place. i recognise there is some folks that think they're not enough. and you know i think all of us when we are working in big institutions may find ourselves at times at odds with policies that are set. but with national security, we are often dealing with people in the field whose lives maybe put at risk, or the safety and security and the ability of our military or our intelligence team or embassies to function effectively. and that has to be kept in mind. so, with respect to be kept in mind. so, with respect to wikileaks, i don't see a contradiction. first, i haven't commented on wikileaks generally. the conclusions of the intelligence community with respect to the russian hacking were not conclusive as to whether wikileaks was witting or not in... being the conduit through which we heard about the dnc e—mails that were leaked. i don't pay a lot of attention to mr assange's tweet, so that wasn't a consideration. i referyou assange's tweet, so that wasn't a consideration. i refer you to the justice department for any criminal investigations, indictments, extraditions issues that may come up with him. what i can say broadly is that in this new cyberage, we are going to have to make sure that we continually work to find the right balance of accountability and openness and transparency that is the hall mark of our democracy. but also recognise that there are adversaries and bad actors out there who want to use that same openness in ways that hurt us. whether that's in trying to commit financial crimes, or trying to commit acts of terrorism, or folks who want to interfere with our elections and we are going to have to continually build the kyne of architecture to make hewer the best of our —— make sure the best of our democracy is preserved. that our national security and intelligence agencies have the ability to carry out policy without advertising to our opponents what we are doing bs but do so in a way that keeps citizens up to speed with what their government's doing on their behalf. but with respect to chelsea manning, i looked at the particulars of this case, the same way i have the other pardons i have done and i felt that in like of all the circumstances that commuting her sentence was entirely appropriate. margaret brennen. reporter: mr president, thank you, the president elect said he would consider lifting sanctions on rush y if they reduced their stock pile. given your own effo rts their stock pile. given your own efforts at arms control, do you think that is an effective strategy, knowing this office and mr trump, how would you advise his advisors to help him be effective when he deals vladimir putin and given your actions recently on russia, do you think those sanctions should be lifted? a couple of things. no 1, i think it is in america's interests and the world's interests that we have a constructive relationship with russia. that has been my approach throughout my presidency. where our interests have overlapped we have worked together. i did what i could to encourage russia to be a constructive member of international community and tried to work with the president and the government of russia in helping them diversify their economy, improve their economy, use the incredible talents of russian people in more constructive ways. i think it is fairto constructive ways. i think it is fair to say after president putin came back into the presidency that an escalating anti—american rhetoric and an approach to global affairs that seemed to be premised on the idea that whatever america's trying to do must be bad for russians, so we wa nt to do must be bad for russians, so we want to try to counter act whatever they do. that return to anned a spirit that existed in the cold war has made the relationship more difficult. and it was hammered home when russia went into crimea and portions of the ukraine. the reason we imposed the sanction recall was not because of nuclear weapons issues. it was because the independence and sovereignty of a country, the ukraine, had been encroached upon by force by russia. that wasn't our judgment, encroached upon by force by russia. that wasn't ourjudgment, that was thejudgment of that wasn't ourjudgment, that was the judgment of the entire international community and russia continues to occupy the ukrainianer ian territory and support military surrogates who have violated basic international norms. what i have said to the russians, as soon as you stop doing that, the sanctions will be removed. i think it would probably best serve not only american interests, but also the interests of preserving the international norms if we made sure that we don't confuse why these sanctions have been impose d with a whole set of other issues. on nuclear issues, in my first term we negotiated a deal. i was prepared to go further, i told vladimir putin i was prepared to go further. they have been unwilling to go further. if president—elect trump can restart the talks, i think there remains a lot of room for our two countries to reduce our stock piles. part of reason we have been successful on our none proliferation agenda and security is because we were leading by example. i hope that continues. but i think it is importantjust to remember that the reason sanctions have been put in place against russia has to do with their actions in ukraine and it is important for the united states to stand up for the united states to stand up for the basic principle that big countries do go around and invade and bully small countries. i expect russia and ukraine to have a strong relationship. they're russia and ukraine to have a strong relationship. they‘ re bound russia and ukraine to have a strong relationship. they're bound together in all sorts of ways. but ukraine is an independent country. this is a good example of the vital role that america has to continue to play around the world in preserving basic norms and values. whether it is advocates for human rights, on behalf of women's rights, or behalf of freedom of the press, you know the united states has not always been perfect in this regard. there are times where we by necessity are dealing with allies or friends or partners, who themselves are not meeting the standards that we would like to see met, when is comes to international rules and norms. but i can tell you that in every multilateral setting in the un and the 620, multilateral setting in the un and the g20, the united states typically has been on the right side of these issues. it is important for us to continue to be on the right side of these issues, because if we, the largest, strongest country and democracy in the world, are not willing to stand up on behalf of these values, then certainly if china, russia and others will not. reporter: you have been a strong supporter of the idea of a peaceful transfer of power, demonstrated not far from here and even as we speak, there are more than five dozen democrats that are going to boycott the inauguration of incoming president. do you support that and what message age would you send to democrats to demonstrate the peaceful transfer of power. i wants to ask you about your conversations with the president—elect and without getting into the personal side, were you able to use that opportunity to convince him to take a fresh look at some of the important ideas that you will leave this office with. maintaining some semblance of the affordable care act, some idea of keeping people in the country without fear of deportation. were you able to convince him and how successful were you? i won't go into details of my conversation with president—elect trump. they are cordial. at times they have been fairly lengthy and they have been substantive. i can't tell you how convincing i have been, you had better ask him whether i have been convincing or not! i have offered my best advice, counsel about certain issues both foreign and domestic. and my working assumption is that having won an election, opposed to a number of my initiatives, and certain aspects of my vision for where the country needs to go, it is appropriate for him to go forward with his vision. and his values. i don't expect there is going to be you know... enormous overlap. it may be that on certain issues, once he comes into office and he looks at the complexities of how to in fact provide health care for everybody, something he says he wants to do, or wa nts to something he says he wants to do, or wants to make sure that he is encouraging job creation and wage growth in this country. that may lead him to some of the same conclusions that i arrived at once i got here. but i don't think we will know until he has an actual chance to get sworn in and sit behind that desk. i think a lot of his views will be shaped by his advisors the people around him. that is why it is important to pay attention to these confirmation hearings. i can tell you, and this is something i have told him, that this is a job of such magnitude that you can't do it by yourself. you are enormously reliant ona team. yourself. you are enormously reliant on a team. your cabinet, your senior white house staff, all the way to fairlyjuniorfolks in white house staff, all the way to fairlyjunior folks in their 20s and 30s, but who are executing on significant responsibilities. so how you put a team together to make sure that they're getting you the best information and they're teeing up the options from which you will make decisions. that is probably the most useful advice, the most constructive advice i have been able to give him. that if you find yourself isolated, because the process breaks down, or if you're only hearing from people who agree with you on everything, or if you haven't created a process thatis if you haven't created a process that is fact—checking and probing and asking hard questions about policies or promises that you have made. that is when you start making mistakes. as i indicated, reality has a way of biting back if you're not paying attention to it. with respect to the inauguration, i'm not going to comments on those issues, all i know i'm going to be there, is so michelle. i have been checking the weather and it won't be as cold as my first inauguration. because that was cold! reporter: thank you, you said you would come back and fight for the dreamers, are you fea rful fight for the dreamers, are you fearful for the future of the young immigrants witha fearful for the future of the young immigrants with a new administration and what did you mean when you said you could come back, maybe in co ng ress you could come back, maybe in congress and explore the political arena again. why did you take action arena again. why did you take action a week ago. let me be clear, i did not mean i was going to be running for anything any time soon! no, what i meant is that it is important for me to take some time to process this amazing experience that we have gone through. to make sure that my wife, with whom i will be celebrating a 25th anniversary this year, is ready to put up with me for a bit longer. i want to do some writing. i want to be quiet a little bit and not hear myself talk so darn much! i want to spend pressure time with my girls. so those are my priorities this year. but as i said before, i'm still a citizen and i think it is important for democrats or processives who feel they came out on the wrong side of this election to be able to distinguish between the normal back and forth ebb and flow of policy and are we going to raise or lower taxes, are we going to expand this programme or eliminate this programme. how concerned are we about air pollution, or climate change. those are all normal parts of the debate. and as i have said before, in a democracy, sometimes you're going to win on those issues, sometimes you're going to lose. i'm confident about the rightness of my positions ona about the rightness of my positions on a lot of these points, but we got a new president and a congress that are going to make the same determinations and there will be a back and forth in congress around thoseissues back and forth in congress around those issues and you will rrt that. there is a difference between that normalfunctioning of there is a difference between that normal functioning of politics and certain issues or moments where i think our core values may be at sta ke. think our core values may be at stake. i put in that category, if i saw systematic discrimination being ratified in some fashion. i put in that category explicit or functional obstacles that category explicit or functional o bsta cles to that category explicit or functional obstacles to people being able to vote, to exercise their franchise. i would put in that category institutional efforts to silence dissent or the press. and for me at least, i would put in that category effo rts least, i would put in that category efforts to round up kids who have grown up efforts to round up kids who have grown up here and for all practical purposes are american kids and send them some place else, when they love this country, they are our kids' friends and their class mates and are now entering into community colleges or in seem cases serving in our military, that the notion that we would just arbitrarily, or because of politics punish those kids when they didn't do anything wrong themselves. i think that would be something that would merit me speaking out. it doesn't mean i would gets on the ballot anywhere. with respect to wet foot/dry foot, we underwent a monumental shift in our policy towards cuba. my view was after 50 yea rs of our policy towards cuba. my view was after 50 years of a policy not working it made sense for us to try to re—open diplomatic relations, to engage a cuban government, to be honest with them about the strong disagreements we have around you know political repression and treatment of dissenters and freedom of press and religion. but that to make progress for the cuban people, our best shot was to suddenly have the cu ban people our best shot was to suddenly have the cuban people interacting with americans and seeing the incredible sense of cu ban americans and seeing the incredible sense of cuban american community and engaging in commerce and business and trade. it was through that process of opening up these relations that you would see over time serious and significant improvement. given that shift in the relationship, the policy that we had in place with wet foot/dry foot, which treated cu ban in place with wet foot/dry foot, which treated cuban immigrant different from people from other pa rt different from people from other part of the world, one that made a distinction between whether you got here by land or by foot, you know that was a carry over of a old way of thinking that didn't make sense in this day and age. particularly as we are open up travel between the two countries. and so we had very lengthy consultations with the department of homeland security. we had some tough negotiations with the cuban government. but we arrived at a policy that we think is fair and appropriate to the changing nature of the relationship between the two countries. nadia. reporter: i appreciate the opportunity and i wa nt to appreciate the opportunity and i want to wish you the best of luck in the future. you have been criticised even personally attacked for the resolution that considered israe settle m e nts resolution that considered israe settlements illegal. how worried are you about the us leadership in the arab world and beyond. in retrospect do you think you should have held israel more accountable, like president bush senior did? i'm, i can't to be significantly worried about the israeli/palestinian issue. and i'm worried about it both because i think the status quo is unsustainable, that it is dangerous for israel. that it is bad for palestinians. it is bad for the region and it is bad for america's national security. and i came into this office wanting to do everything i could to encourage serious peace talks between israeli and palestinians. and we invested a lot of energy, a lot of time and a lot of energy, a lot of time and a lot of effort, first year, second year, all the way until last year. ultimately, what has always been clear is that we cannot force the parties to arrive at peace. what we can do is facilitate, provide a platform, encourage, but we can't force them to do it. but in light of shifts in israeli politics and palestinian politics, a right—ward drift in israeli politics, a weakening of president abassi's ability to move and take risks on behalf of peace in the palestinian territories. in light of the all the dangers that have emerged in the region and the understandable fear there is a israelis may have about there is a israelis may have about the chaos and rise of groups like isil and the deterioration of syria. in light of all those things, what we at least wanted to do, understanding that the two parties wouldn't actually arrive at a final status agreement is to preserve the possibility of a two—state solution. baz we don't see an —— because we don't see an alternative. i have said to it to binyamin netanyahu and i have said it inside israel and to palestinians as well. i don't see how this issue gets resolved in a way that maintains israel as both jewish and a democracy. because if you do not have two states, then in some form orfashion you do not have two states, then in some form or fashion you are extending an occupation, functionally you end up having one state in which millions of people are disenfranchised and operate as second class occupants, or residents, you can't even call them citizens necessarily. and so the goal of the resolution was to simply say that the settlements, the growth of the settlements, are creating a reality on the ground that increasingly will make a two—state solution impossible. and we believed consistent with the position that had been taken with previous us administrations for decades now, that it was important for us to send a signal, a wake—up call, that this moment may be passing and israeli voters and palestinians need to understand that this moment may be passing. and hopefully that then creates a debate inside both israeli and palestinian communities that won't result immediately in peace, but at least will lead to a more sober assessment of what the alternatives are. so we... the president—elect will have his own policy. the ambassador or the candidate for the ambassadorship has very different ideas to me. that is their prerogative. my views are clear, we will see how their approach place itself out. i don't wa nt approach place itself out. i don't want to... i don't want to project today what could end up happening, but it is a volatile environment, what we have seen in the past is when sudden unilateral moves are made that speak to some of the core issues and sensitivities of either side, that can be explosive. and i, what we have tried to do in the transition is provide the context in the which the president—elect may wa nt to the which the president—elect may want to make some of these decisions. that is part of what we have tried to indicate to the incoming team in our transition process is pay attention to this. because this is a volatile stuff. people feel deeply about this. and asi people feel deeply about this. and as i have said, i think many times, you know, the actions that we take have enormous consequences and ramifications. we are the biggest kid on the block and i think it is right and appropriate for a new president to test old assumptions and re—examine the old ways of doing things. but if you're going to make big shifts in policy, just make sure you have thought it through and understand that they‘ re you have thought it through and understand that they're going to be consequences and actions typically create reactions and so you want to be intentional about it. you don't wa nt to be intentional about it. you don't want to do things off—the—cuff when it comes to an issue this volatile. chrisjohnson? chris johnson? lgbt writes. where is chris? we see a lot of achievements in lgbt writes. don't ask don't tell repeal, marriage equality nationwide, ensuring trans people feel respected. how do you think lg bt rights will feel respected. how do you think lgbt rights will rank in your legacy and how confident are you that it'll continue under the president elect? i could not be

. for one last time barack obama came to the white house briefing room to joust with the press. good afternoon everybody. but amid reports that his successor wants to limit access and regularly accuses journalists of being dishonest and liars, the outgoing president spoke of the importance of a strong and free media. you are not supposed to be sycophantics, you are not supposed to be sycophants, you are supposed to be sceptics. you are supposed to ask me tough questions. you are not supposed to be complimentary but you are supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power. this picture was released today of donald trump preparing his inaugural address. barack obama was asked what advice he would give his successor? on this, he steered a diplomatic course. this is a job of such magnitude that you can't do it by yourself. you are enormously reliant on a team, that's probably the most useful advice, the most constructive advice that i have been able to give him. then the final question, come on, mr president, are you really as sanquine as you are saying publicly about don

the latest 3 day strike by southern rail drivers begins. us president barack obama gets ready to bid farewell to the nation in his last big speech before leaving office. also this hour, we will be looking at the bafta in the next hour, we'll talk to a bafta nominee hollywood musical la la land leads the way with 11 nods. a host of british film talent is in the running for an award. also this hour. getting bigger. the world cup will expand to 48 teams in less than decade as 16 more nations are allowed in. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has told the bbc that he does not believe that immigration in the uk is too high. in a major speech this afternoon he is expected to suggest that labour is no longer wedded to the principle of freedom of movement. but when asked this morning if he had changed his mind about the numbers coming to the uk he said, ‘no‘. mr corbyn also addressed the issue of pay, saying he wanted to put a cap on the maximum amount that people can earn in the uk to create a more equal society. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. he has criticised th

barack obama's healthcare law but the president is fighting to preserve the changes of the last eight years. the controversial affordable care act was passed in 2010. the law aims to bring health insurance coverage to bring health insurance coverage to some 15% of the american population who don't have it. that's around 22 million people. under the law, all americans must have health insurance, but the government offers subsidies to make it more affordable. all businesses have two provide health insurance for their employees, and it's easierfor easier for customers easierfor customers to easier for customers to shop around. but republican says are too expensive and a jocular. but republicans say are too expensive and a jocular. expensive and a job killer. president obama is trying to keep his legacy alive. do you see the republicans, having the house, senate and donald trump gutting it completely? i think they intend to do so, and i think that we will see, very soon, donald trump's attempts to hollow out some major parts of the law. there are greater difficulties with this as it proce

this is bbc news. i'm gavin esler. the headlines at 10. theresa may will be the first world leader to meet president trump when she travels to washington on friday — trade, nato and brexit are on the agenda. whenever there was something i find unacceptable and will not be afraid to say it. after hundreds of thousands took to the streets in protest against the new president — the white house accuses the media of dishonestly reporting the size of the crowd at his inauguration. we had a massive field of people, you saw that, packed. i get up this morning and turn on one of the networks, and they show an empty field. the ministry of defence says it has absolute confidence in the uk's nuclear defence system after reports that a trident missile test went wrong. also in the next hour — calls for more to be done to encourage women to have smear tests. a charity says health officials in england are not doing enough — more than a million women didn't respond to the invitation last year. the gambia's defeated leader — yahya jammeh — flies into exile, 22 years after taking control of the west african state in a coup. and world number one andy murray crashes out of the australian open after a shock defeat in the fourth round. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the trump administration has announced that theresa may will be the first foreign leader to meet the new us president at the white house. they're expected to hold talks on friday and trade, nato and brexit are expected to be on the agenda. the prime minister has been speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr show and with me is now to get more on this is our political correspondent, susana mendonca. she was asked directly about the issue of women. he saw that a massive protest yesterday. theresa may has docked in the past about how some of the comments he made a unacceptable. she was asked about challenging donald trump on that. she would not be drawn on whether she would raise the issue but she said asa she would raise the issue but she said as a female, so she would be the first person is a world leader to have a meeting with donald trump after his inauguration and said she would push on the matter is that mattered to her. i body said that some of the comments donald trump is made in relation to women are a cce pta ble made in relation to women are acceptable and some he has for himself. i think the biggest statement that will be made about the role of women will be that i will be there as a female prime minister talking to him, directly talking to him about the interest we share. i have a track record. if you look at everything i've done terms of defending the interests of women and modern slavery and domestic violence i am proud to be only the second female prime the conservative party has putting female prime ministers here. i will be talking to donald trump about how we can build on the special relationships. the special relationships. the special relationship allows us to see when we do not find things acceptable. whenever that is something that i find unacceptable will not be afraid to say that to donald trump. one of theissues to say that to donald trump. one of the issues she does plan to discuss with donald is nato. there is some concern about whether donald trump is committed to nato. theresa may says she will discuss with the importance and value of nato and thatis importance and value of nato and that is some discussion about how much money countries in europe should be putting into nato. she's talking about the 2% gdp figure. she will raise that issue with them and other areas about foreign policy and about terrorism and syria and issues that donald trump wants to talk about. i have spoken to him about natal. nato is an important and is very important and has been the bulwark of our security hearing europe and we work together in natal. we have both made the point about contributions made by other countries. the editing is spending 296 gdp countries. the editing is spending 2% gdp on defence. i believe that is important. do you agree with what he says about other nato countries not paying their way? there are other nato countries that are also paying 296 nato countries that are also paying 2% of gdp and others at are working towards doing it. what is important is that we recognise the value of nato which she dies. we recognise the value of nato as an organisation which is helping us to defend europe and interest of all those allies that are in natal. —— neato. —— nato. most people in britain will be adjusted in trade. i think the very fa ct adjusted in trade. i think the very fact that she is the first international reader to have this meeting is that trump is more keen than barack obama said britain would be at the back of the queue. donald trump said he is very pro—uk and wa nts trump said he is very pro—uk and wants the uk to make a success of brexit. theresa may will be speaking to him about that issue. meeting donald trump strengthens her hand. if she can show that that is a special relationship with the united states who she potentially will have a good trade deal with the united states that helps. the question is really whether donald trump wants to have a trade deal that benefits the us are benefits britain and that will probably a bit of board. in terms of the discussion which is going to have it would be sitting at a trade deal as yet because they can't engage in having any pen on paper. she has expressed and remark that trade will be one of her focuses. myself and people around me have spoken about the importance of trade agreement with united kingdom. —— donald trump and those around of spoken of it. i expect to be able to talk to him about that alongside other issues will be discussing with them whenl other issues will be discussing with them when i in washington. i think free trade is important around the world and i believe globalisation is important andl world and i believe globalisation is important and i believe it does bring economic benefits to our but we do need to make sure that those economic benefits and that prosperity is spread across the whole of the uk. he is a republican president who leads the world's strongest public that he seems to be quite a royalist so perhaps there will be a reciprocal visit where he will be a reciprocal visit where he will be a reciprocal visit where he will be at windsor buckingham palace and her majesty will do the honours. you certainly get that sense and theresa may said she would welcome him if he came down to buckingham palace to establish when any kind of state visit would happen. that has been a lot of speculation about how he would want to perhaps play golf at balmoral. as well as being a royalist he also likes churchill quite a lot and so i suggestion that perhaps could be taken on a tour of the churchill war rooms with boris johnson. we will certainly expect there to be a reciprocal visit. donald trump is my to do things by halves and get the sense that he will want to make any kind of visit to britain bigger and better than previous american presidents. so we can expect that if theresa may will be visiting him first. he might not find the decor at buckingham palace quite what it used to. not enough could perhaps. —— are not enough gold to perhaps. a series of protests were made against donald trumps inauguration and attacks by the administration on the media. crowd: hey, hey! ho, ho! donald trump has got to go! in the nation's capital, they have rarely seen a rally quite like this. not since the vietnam war have so many people come together, in defence of women's rights and minority rights, liberties these people believe could be imperilled by the presidency of donald trump. the man himself was visiting the headquarters of the cia whilst that rally was underway, less concerned about secrets, it appeared, than crowd sizes, in particular reports of the attendance at his inauguration the previous day. i made a speech. i looked out, the field was... it looked like a million, 1.5 million people. they showed a field where there were practically nobody standing there. that theme was echoed in an unscheduled news conference a short while later. before confirming that britain's theresa may would be the first foreign leader to visit president trump, the new white house press spokesman railed against reports that mr trump had failed to attract as large a crowd to his inauguration as barack obama. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. these attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. official estimates of crowd sizes are not released, but aerial photographs appear to contradict the trump administration's assessment. nonetheless, mr spicer, in his first briefing at the white house, went on to issue a thinly veiled threat to reporters covering the trump presidency. we're going to hold the press accountable, as well. he will take his message directly to the american people, where his focus will always be. size clearly matters greatly to donald trump, and regardless of the inauguration crowds, the crowd at yesterday's protest was so large that a march on the white house proved impossible, because there were so many people present. it is a question of which will ultimately prove the most unpalatable to the new administration, the messenger or the message. we have a new programme called the brexit effect on monday at 7pm. and also deals with the united states. it is on and 7pm. the ministry of defence has insisted it has full confidence in the trident nuclear defence system, despite reports that a rare test—firing went wrong last year. the sunday times says a missile fired from a submarine in the atlantic ocean veered off course and in the direction of the united states. the rocket was not armed. the prime minister said she had at trust in the system. when i made that speech in the house of commons i was talking about whether or not we should really knew our trident and whether or not we should have these missiles as an independent nuclear deterrent in the future. i think we should defend our country. i think we should play a role in nato. jeremy corbyn thinks we should not defend our country. did you know about this when you were talking in the house of commons was marked the issue was whether we should renew trident and look to the future and have a replacement trident. that is what the house of commons voted for. i believe in defending our country. jeremy corbyn voted against it and does not want to defend their country with an independent nuclear deterrent. a charity says many local authorities and clinical commissioning groups in england are doing too little to encourage women to have smear tests. jo's cervical cancer trust found embarrassment and worries about pain were putting many people off. our health reporter, smitha mundasad has the details. a smear of lipstick to encourage women not to ignore their smear tests. they are offered to women aged 25 to 64, to help prevent cervical cancer. last yea r‘s campaign drew celebrity support, from the model cara delevingne to reality star lauren pope, and the charity behind it says this year their message has never been more important. at the moment, in england, for example, the number of women who attend cervical screening is at a 19—year low. that is hugely concerning, because if it carries on, we are going to see more women diagnosed, we are sadly going to see more women passing away, and we just don't want that to happen. the charity's latest survey suggests half of women aged 25 to 29 have put off getting a smear test. the reasons — more than a quarter said they were too embarrassed, a similar numbersaid they were worried about pain, and almost one in ten said they had never had the test at all. nhs england says it is particularly worried about the fall in young women getting smears in the last few years, because that has been linked to a rise in women under 35 getting cervical cancer. it says it is working on projects to encourage more young women to take up the tests. long delays in assessing the needs of patients are fuelling a bed—blocking crisis in hospitals, according to the watchdog, healthwatch england. research seen by the bbc‘s 5 live investigates programme, suggests many social care assessments are not happening within the recommended time of six weeks. the department of health has said it is investing nine hundred million pounds of additional funding into the system over the next two years. theresa may will be the first world leader to meet president trump president trump when she travels to washington on friday. the white house accuses the media of dishonestly reporting the size of the crowd at his inauguration. the ministry of defence has insisted it has full confidence in the trident nuclear defence system, despite reports that a rare test—firing went wrong last year. sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre britain's andy murray is out of the australian open. he lost to germany's mischa zverev in 4 sets. with last year's winner novak djokovic already out , many observers saw it as murray's best chance to win his first title in melbourne. he's made the final on five occasions. paul garrity reports on a missed opportunity for the world number one... dan evans' run is also over , after he lost to 12th seed jo—wilfried tsonga. evans had knocked out world number seven marin cilic and then being box office number one, the scene was set for andy murray to finally become the australian open champion. zverev, the world number 50, dreamt a different end to the tale. the british number one was sent home after three and a half hours and four gruelling sets. it was one set apiece going into the third, but at this point the momentum swung in the german's favour. murray was seemingly running out of ideas. the world number one was asking questions at the net. zverev, a serve and volley specialist, had all the answers. murray is a specialist in dealing with adversity and wasn't about to concede just yet. but zverev and his superb net play frustrated murray. the german felt like a superstar. but zverev and his superb net play frustrated murray. the german felt like a superstar. so to the final act, one which zverev will always remember. for murray, this wasn't where the story was supposed to end. tough and long march and it was hot out there. he plays a game style that not many players play these days and played extremely well and especially at the end of the match. he came up with some great stuff and had really good volleys and pick—ups and reflexes and was really good up there so he deserved to win. it was a tough one to lose. dan evans' run is also over , after he lost to 12th seed jo—wilfried tsonga. evans had knocked out world number seven marin cilic and then bernard tomic to reach the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time. but the frenchman was too good. despite taking the first set on a tie break, evans lost the next three. tsonga goes through to face us open champion stan wawrinka for a place in the semi—finals. after an excellent tournament , evans will climb from 51st to 45th in the world rankings. there are highlights from melbourne on bbc two from 5.15. england's cricketers have already lost the one day series against india so there's little more than pride to play in the final match in kolkata after being put into bat, england have made a positive start on a tricky pitch. sam billings and jason roy added 98 for the first wicket, with roy making his third consecutive half century — but the surrey man has just departed for 65 — bowled by ravi jadeja. jonny bairstow and all and morgan had rebuilt. a short time ago, england were 185 for 2. premier league leaders chelsea could end today as much as nine points clear at the top of the table. they play hull later. arsenal will move up to second if they beat burnley. today's lunchtime kick—off sees southampton host leicester. that's all sport for now. i think it is important to stay focused. two teams and difficulties in the same position in the premier league. leicester and ourselves want points and it is important to have good consideration about this. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. theresa may will become the first foreign leader to meet the new us president in washington. conservative mp, nadhim zahawi, sits on the foreign affairs committee and joins me now from central london. president trump has made it clear he wa nts to president trump has made it clear he wants to prioritise a bilateral deal with united kingdom when it is ready and he was to expedite that as soon as possible. i think the special relationship between our two countries remain strong. on the foreign affairs committee we work very strongly together on security and defence and on cyber areas. president trump clearly sees prime minister may as a priority and it also shows his seriousness and inviting her as the first world leader to meet the white house. can we do leader to meet the white house. can wedoa leader to meet the white house. can we do a reality check on this trade your business? we cannot negotiate trade deals until we're out of the eu and who knows what will happen in those two years? it could be a hostile congress and maybe they will have their say on any trade deal. so to be at the front of a queue that begin for two years might be better than being at the back of the queue but it is not fantastic. it is certainly better at the being at the back of the queue. —— than being at the back of the queue. the prime ministers set up the department of international trade under doctor liam fox to precisely begin the preparation into these trade deals. there are many countries, the united states will be top of our blessed, but china and india and new zealand and australia. i havejust but china and india and new zealand and australia. i have just come from turkey with the president was very clear that when he is ready he will wa nt to clear that when he is ready he will want to trade deal with united kingdom. you have to remember we are the fifth largest economy in the world and an important economy. to the united states we are one of their biggest investors so for mr trump it is absolutely crucial that he begins the process.|j trump it is absolutely crucial that he begins the process. i think it is only right and your viewers would only right and your viewers would only consider it right that our prime minister prioritises ukjobs and therefore does that preparatory work but also talks about many other issues. the middle east is important and europe and the ukraine and we have great ambassador and sack him direct. —— in sir kim darroch. have great ambassador and sack him direct. -- in sir kim darroch. the male on sunday suggested the premise that tackle donald trump on sexism and misogyny. that does not seem likely, does it? as the prime minister said this morning she will be the be real premise that visiting the us president and part of any special relationship you have to speak honestly to your partners. she is ready said that any type of behaviour like the one supported during the presidential campaign is unacceptable so i think we will be able to have an honest and open conversation and that is what theresa may is good at. one of the strong points for britain is we do appear to have a very anglophile president in the united states who seems to like her royal family. presumably a reciprocal visit is on the cards at some point and perhaps a buckingham palace data bit more gold to bring it up to the standard of trump towers? one of the courses that his mother sat in front of the television were the rest of the family were doing other stuff watching every royal occasion and being totally transfixed to the tallis coalition said. —— to the television set. trump clearly loved is very much and has already made investments in scotland fossey was a businessman. i can see a very strong relationship with united kingdom and i think we should encourage that. i think we should set aside all that stuff that happened in the campaign. he is now the president of the united states of america and we are benighted kingdom, the closest ally and that is important position. —— united kingdom. we should use that position to win trade. the contest to decide the socialist party nomination for france's presidential election will be reduced to two candidates in a first round of voting later. six men and a woman are taking part — they include the former prime minister, manuel valls. a run—off will take place in a week's time. our correspondent hugh scohfield is in paris. he explained to me earlier. there are no clear front runners. there are no clear front runners. the polls give no guidance whatsoever because nobody knows who will be voting in this primary. it is open an enema can turn up if they signa is open an enema can turn up if they sign a bit of paper saying the broadly espoused values of the left. nobody knows whether that means that somebody will be from the hard left to keep out valls whether mainstream left will see him as the best candidate. arnaud montebourg or benoit hamon are the two front runners for the left of them will probably go through. the centre-left in britain has been in disarray as it has been in france because polls for hollande have been particularly bad. whoever wins this primary is most unlikely to get very far in the actual presidential election. whoever wins this primary is fifth placed in the presidential race. we have the national front and the mainstream right but then you have two other characters who broadly call themselves left. on the ce ntre—left call themselves left. on the centre—left emanuel macron and at the far left another former socialist who is a very powerful and charismatic figure whose ratings are far ahead of anyone in the actual socialist party. the socialist party, all focuses on it now, but they know they are in deep disarray and we're looking back to the 1960s for the last time that the polls we re for the last time that the polls were so bad for the socialist party candidate. back then it was the communist party that were the real bannerfor the communist party that were the real banner for the left and now the socialists, the actual party, this historic party this should be the bannerfor the historic party this should be the banner for the left is in such a sorry state that whoever wins this primary me to know to be fourth or fifth or sixth placed when it comes to the actual race. i wondered how many big waves are otherwise marine le pen made yesterday. there was a gathering of the far right in koblenz in germany and the dutch we re koblenz in germany and the dutch were there and tft from germany and the italians ——afd. she is saying there has been brexit domino effect. the eu will go down. how is that reported in the french press christmas what she wants is re—emergence of nations and protectionism and france first. she feels that the tide is moving with her. it is arguable that she has a point that i think the big picture remains that the odds are stacked against. it is very hard to see marine le pen pulling off a donald in france and the best comparison i can see is with the commonest back in the 40s and 50s and 60s where you had a block of support which was a lwa ys had a block of support which was always up on the 25% range and an extremely important for us but everybody knew could never win because that would was be too much ofa because that would was be too much of a majority against that when it came to the second round of elections and all these collections and france and in two rounds. —— elections in france are in two rounds. the defeated president of the gambia — yahya jammeh — has left the country he's run since seizing power in a coup 22 years ago. he had been refusing to step down despite losing a presidential election to adama barrow last month. some thicker cloud producing some few light showers. what it is cold enough it will fall as sleet and snow. after you wintry flurries in scotland's afternoon. document into much. northern ireland seeing some sunny spells. best of the sunshine in east anglia. not a score that it has been in wales and south—west england. tonight frost developing again and some fog patches. dense and freezing fog patches going into monday mornings rush hour. there could be some problems. not everybody will see it but poor parts of england and wales as monday elsewhere across the uk and dry day and a variable cloud with some sunny spells that still feeling chilly. this is bbc news. the headlines: trade, nato and brexit are likely to be high on the agenda as theresa may meets donald trump in washington this friday. the prime minister says the important thing was to build on the special relationship. i will be talking to donald trump about the issues we share and how we can build on this special relationship. it's a special relationship. it's a special relationship were we can talk about things that we do find unacceptable. the white house has accused the media of falsely reporting the size of friday's inauguration by insisting the crowd for the event was the largest ever. the ministry of defence says it has absolute confidence in the uk's nuclear defence system after reports that a trident missile test went wrong, weeks before a crucial commons vote on its future. one in five women do not receive the life—saving smear test because they are either too embarrassed or don't think testing reduces the risk of cervical cancer, according to a charity. the former president of the gambia yahya jammeh has left the country after agreeing to hand over power to adama barrow, who defeated him in a presidential election last month. andy murray's hopes of winning a first australian open title ended with a shock defeat by world number 50 mischa zverev of germany in the fourth round.

. it wasn't just the hope when barack obama came to office, it was the wild expectation, too. that the country's problems would be solved at a stroke, that the first african—american president would usher in a post—racial era. no more black america or white america, just the united states of america. but the lingering vestiges of that dream disappeared in the summer of 2014, in clouds of tear gas, in a nondescript suburb of st louis, missouri, called ferguson. an unarmed black man had been shot by a white police officer. it was a pattern that would become all too familiar. in charleston, south carolina, walter scott had been pulled over for a minor motoring offence. footage captures the white police officer who stopped him shooting him in the back several times before he dies. gunfire. the policeman claimed self—defence. at his trial, which ended last month, the jury was unable to reach a verdict. the court, therefore, we must declare a mistrial... another symbol for the black community that things haven't changed. i think his legacy to him is more important right now, to pai

barack obama breaking his silence afterjust ten days, to say that he doesn't approve of this travel ban, and various american diplomats around the world also expressing disquiet, mike. and two more thoughts, i guess, occurring to many of our viewers. first of all, will dana boente enforce the executive order? but before all that, can president trump do this? well, yes, i mean, there are a lot of questions here. of course, ultimately, what is going to happen with this executive order? it does appear that there are going to be legal challenges, there were more advanced today, and that ultimately the fate of that very controversial move to basically prohibit the arrival into the united states of refugees, syrian refugees, indefinitely, and other refugees for several months, could end up going all the way to the united states supreme court. and in the past few hours senior democratic politicians have gathered at a rally outside the supreme court. house minority leader nancy pelosi and senate leader chuck schumer called mr trump's executive order un—american. all of us take an oath of

. how would you sum up barack obama's time in the white house? you have to separate it between the domestic and foreign policy. domestic side has been dominated, his legacy, by the economic crisis. he did, unlike europe and to a certain extent the uk, has brought the us out of the economic crisis in pretty rude health. unemployment is down to pre—crisis levels. economic growth returned. the banking system is pretty clea n returned. the banking system is pretty clean right now. on that front, obamacare, depending on what trump does to it, that will go down as part of his domestic legacy. pretty good. i think it gets more complicated in foreign policy. you have the positives of the iran deal, the cuba outreach, travelling to cuba, clearly osama bin laden, the attack there. the syria crisis now will be a black mark on his legacy. i think he has to deal with that as well. more mixed overseas, but probably pretty positive domestically, depending on what happens under a trump administration. 0k, given the problems that he had with a republican congress for the majority of his time in t

, that voted for barack obama and bill clinton, and he vanquished the woman who graciously turned out today with her husband bill clinton, hillary clinton, she turned out to sea donaldj clinton, she turned out to sea donald j trump sworn clinton, she turned out to sea donald] trump sworn in president of the usa, and for those people who so loyally supported him they have been telling me all day, philippa, that he can bring back theirjobs, stop what they see as unfair trade, but they also want him to unite the country, and that will be no easy task. and he did not in his inaugural address really reach out to those who did not vote for him, although other lunch afterwards he did make some more conciliatory remarks. laura, thank you. we will keep watching those live pictures of the presidential motorcade slowly making its way down pennsylvania avenue towards the white house. with me robert singh, professor of politics at burbank university. —— with me robert singh, professor of politics at burbank university. picking up on laura's point, donald trump said he will build roads, highway

they intend to begin wiping out barack obama's legacy from day one in the white house, with a string of executive orders from the new president. our north america editor, jon sopel, reports from washington. no longer a plane with trump emblazoned on the side. the president—elect arrived in washington aboard a us military jet, and this is the brand he'll now be promoting, defending, and representing, the united states of america. and though not yet commander—in—chief, it was the first opportunity to practice his salute, as the base commander greeted him and the future first lady, melania. across the city, the future vice—president was thanking the current administration for their help in the transition and reflecting on the magnitude of what's about to unfold. it is a momentous day before a historic day and i'm pleased to have a chance to report to the american people and all of you the progress that we have made at the president—elect‘s direction. washington is a city in transition. it's out with the old and in with the new as the obamas' possessions are loaded up and tak

will of one man, barack obama today. this is the will of one man, ba rack obama who today. this is the will of one man, barack obama who will be out of office in a year, because he would not commit ground troops against isis, the french who have many good reasons to do so and did it against al-qaeda in mali two years ago, they have been deterred from doing it like other western powers, apart from the turks who are fighting isis with great effect. how different might it be when donald trump takes over? even donald trump will be careful on ground troops, because president obama has put a hex on any use of ground troops in this complex by conjuring up the image and you understand it well in britain, of 2003 and going into iraq and thousands of casualties and a decade of fighting. it is very unfortunate, because it is a totally different situation. but, we have seen this fragile ceasefire in syria that was brokered by turkey, with russia. might it be that president putin steps in to help turkey? president putin's capability other than mass carpet bombing on the likes of aleppo, of fighting

, donald trump's first speech as president. then barack obama and his family will say goodbye and leave by helicopter. after the lunch in the afternoon, the presidential parade starts on capitol hill and goes until the white house, the new home of donald trump. in the evening, the inaugural ball, where the president and first lady perform before first dance. the bbc‘s laura bicker is in washington. 12 hours to go until he ascends the steps on capitol hill and puts his hands on two bibles, notjust the lincoln bible, but the one he used asa lincoln bible, but the one he used as a young boy. he will be the 45th president of the united states. we had a preview of what the crowds may look like on the day at a welcome concert just a few look like on the day at a welcome concertjust a few hours ago. this isa concertjust a few hours ago. this is a musical warmup act from one of the greatest political shows on earth. and centre stage for this welcome concert is its star. this is a first look at donald trump's inauguration crowds, his chance to address those who put him in office. the pol

raises questions about the trump team's ties with the kremlin. all this as barack obama performs his final acts. one of them took his deputy completely by surprise. but washington moves on. it has always been a city of political farewells. and next week this capital and this country will be under very different management. the us house of representatives has voted to begin the process to repeal the law known as obamacare. it's more formally called the affordable care act, and is one of president barack obama's landmark pieces of legislation. the senate has already approved the measure. laura bicker has the details from washington. all throughout the campaign, the cry from donald trump was that he would repeal and replace obamacare and he has already praised the swift action of his republican colleagues by getting this through congress and saying that soon the ‘unaffordable care act‘ would be history. however there is that repeal process under way. it is a budget measure that has gone through today and that will make way for a repeal and replace bill. however there is yet to be a