a warm welcome to bbc news. brazil s new president, the veteran left wing politician luiz inacio lula da silva, has vowed to make his country a great environmental power . he was speaking at his inauguration ceremony in the capital, brasilia. large crowds gathered on the streets to watch lula s cavalcade travel to the event which followed a narrow election victory in october over the far right leader, jair bolsonaro. mr bolsonaro, who refused to accept defeat, boycotted the inauguration and is in florida. let s have a look at some of the live images we ve been monitoring throughout the day as this official inauguration ceremony has been taking place. luiz inacio lula da silva taking a third term as brazil s president, and he has promised during his formal part of the ceremony, he promised to fight for the poor and for the environment and to rebuild the country after the previous term of jair bolsonaro and his very divisive administration. luis da silva narrowly won in a very
and nearly a year into russia s war with ukraine, we hear the story of a troupe of displaced ukrainian dancers unable to return home after fleeing the country. hello and welcome to bbc news. brazil s new president, the veteran left wing politician luiz inacio lula da silva, has vowed to make his country a great environmental power . at his swearing in ceremony in the capital brasilia, he told congress that he will rebuild the country from as he put it the terrible ruins he has inherited from jair bolsonaro. jair bolsonaro is his pre assessor, and usually what would happen is the pre assessor of the previous president would hand over a ceremonial sash to the incoming incoming president. that didn t happen this time. lula received it from a group of people representing brazil s diversity. jair bolsonaro himself and another break from tradition wasn t actually there or in the country. he s in florida in the us. but these are the scenes of a few hours ago. you can see l
hello and welcome. luiz inacio lula da silva, has been sworn in as brazil s new president, 20 years after first becoming the country s leader. almost five years ago he was sent to jail for corruption, on charges that have since been annulled. he ll now lead a deeply divided country. at his inauguration in the capital brasilia he told the crowds he d rebuild brazilfrom what he called the terrible ruins he had inherited from jair bolsonaro. our south america correspondent, katy watson now reports. a return to powerfor the man barack obama once called the most popular politician in the world. security was tight amid threats of violence by supporters of his far right predecessor, jair bolsonaro. mr bolsanoro didn t even hand over the presidential sash, instead abandoning his final official duty and flying to florida. lula is the same man but he inherits a very different country to the one he left before. in his speech, he promised unity and reconstruction, starting in the
from loved ones as the war continues in their home country. hello and welcome to bbc news. a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts across parts of the united states and forced the cancellation of more than 2000 flights. forecasters say the cold snap could bring the coldest christmas in decades. presidentjoe biden has encouraged everyone to heed warnings and bring forward christmas travel plans where possible. this is what it looks like when a bomb cyclone descends on north america. these huge banks of snow in north dakota are the result of an intense blizzard that swept through the state. conditions that are set to engulf almost the entire country, just in time for christmas. but this is no winter wonderland. the storm could prove deadly. great swathes of the us will experience some of the lowest temperatures ever recorded here. there is already chaos at the airports. this is new york. for many, it should have been the first normal christmas after covid. b
eurovision song contest. we have kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, superfans on kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, super fans on the way and there is no bigger superfan dan rylan and aj. is the british transfer record set to be broken twice with chelsea bidding £105 million for world cup winner enzo fernandez as arsenal make a world record move for lioness alessia russo? we have a band of cloud and rain clearing the south of england. then most will have a day of sunshine and some showers, most of which in the north. the wind is also going to strengthen with gales later, especially in the north. all the details through the programme. it s tuesday, january the 31st. the world s most important financial institution, the international monetary fund, expects the uk to be the only major advanced economy to shrink this year. it predicts the economy will contract by 0.6%, as the cost of living continues to hit households. nina is here and can tell us more. it is pretty st