and croatia begins the new year with a new currency, switching from the kuna to the euro. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. pope francis has addressed the thousands of people who gathered at st peter s square in the vatican, a day after the death of benedict xvi. the pope described his predecessor as a faithful servant of the gospel and the church. our religion editor aleem maqbool is at the vatican. we heard from pope francis a couple of times today, first at a mass for peace that was held in st peter s basilica behind me. he talked about entrusting our beloved pope emeritus benedict xvi to the holy mother, to accompany him from this world to god. and then later, pope francis appeared at a balcony here at the vatican for what is his regular sunday lunchtime homily, where he started this week by asking people to join together, as you rightly say, to pray for the man he called a faithful servant to the gospel and to the church. extraordinar
right now, he is receiving dignitaries from various people coming to the end of the day of ceremony. we ve seen him out and about travelling on a very impressive motorcade, and the actual inauguration process itself, and that sash you can see there, the green and yellow sash has a lot of significance which we will come to in a moment. this is something that has been controversially seen. this is the moment he formally received it from a faneuil of people up on stage there a panel. traditionally, the sash is given by the outgoing president, but this time, things were different. jair bolsonaro was not present at the ceremony he s currently in florida in the us. he refused to take part. a big significant breakfrom he refused to take part. a big significant break from tradition on that. we have been hearing from lula about what his priorities are. translation: 0ur translation: our goal is to achieve zero deforestation and a zero greenhouse gas emissions in the energy masks.
continues in the eastern town of soledar, despite russia s claims to have captured it. aston villa push leeds closer to trouble. it took them just three minutes to breach the yorkshire side s defence in the win. that could mean leeds are in the relegation zone by this evening. plus, there is risk of some more flooding around today after a fairly wet night. this morning, it will ease the many, looking a bit lighter into the afternoon but tomorrow, set the tone colder stop all the details here on first. all the details here on first. all the details here on first. all the details here on breakfast. it s saturday 1a january. our top story. some single use plastics will be banned in england from october. takeaways, restaurants, and cafes will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates, and bowls as part of a new plan by the government to tackle plastic pollution. sean dilley reports. quick, convenient and no washing up from october, the government says it plans to ban re
donald trump on monday. the search warrant shows he s being investigated over possible violations of the espionage act. the 82 year old taking on new heights. nick gardner tells the bbc he s ready and very excited to scale the final peak in his mission to climb all of scotland s 282 munros. good afternoon. the agent for sir salman rushdie says he remains on a ventilator and may lose an eye, after he was stabbed repeatedly on stage at an event in new york state yesterday. sir salman, who s 75, has been the subject of death threats from islamists since the release of his book, the satanic verses, in 1988. a man has been arrested. nomia iqbal sent this report. the attack happened in full view of an audience. there was panic and confusion, as sir salman rushdie lay injured on the stage after being stabbed. the suspectjumped onto the stage and attacked mr rushdie, stabbing him at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen. sir salman was rushed to hospital and taken