the right—wing populist, jair bolsonaro, has been sworn in as the new president of brazil. in his inaugural speech, he promised to revive brazil's economy and clamp down on corruption and violent crime. he also said he'd liberate brazil from socialism and political correctness. but mr bolsonaro is a deeply divisive figure whose homophobic and misogynistic comments have angered many. katy watson reports from brasilia. a historic day for brazil, one that evenjair bolsonaro and his fans probably never expected could happen. but he made it, and for the next four years, this will be the man in charge of latin america's biggest economy. a man who's promised to lead brazil down a very different political path to that of his predecessors. in front of dozens of world leaders and amid cheers from his supporters, he was handed the presidential sash. and once again, repeated his campaign promises of changing the way brazil does politics. translation: corruption, privileges and unfair advantages have to end. favours to certain parties must not go on. the government and economy have to serve all of the nation. chanting. thousands came to see mr bolsonaro take power. dressed in the colours of the brazilian flag, they shouted support for the man they call a legend. after 13 years of a very corrupt government in brazil, so now we have a hope that with bolsonaro, he will clean up. he wants to unite families, not divide. we are not black, white, poor or rich, we are a nation. for people in this crowd, bolsonaro represents change, a fresh start for brazilian politics. but his fiery rhetoric during the campaign means many people are worried, especially from brazil's minority groups, about what the next four years will mean for their future. for the country's many indigenous communities, bolsonaro represents a huge threat. he's made it clear he supports the powerful and lucrative farming industry, and said he won't give a centimetre more land to the indigenous once he's in power. translation: we are left worried whether he will try and finish us off or give us the land we deserve. he supports landowners, they're more valuable to him than we are. as mr bolsonaro gets to work, his to—do list to fix brazil is long. his priority, he says, is bringing back order to this country, promising to rule with an iron fist to make brazil great again. but there are plenty of doubters about how he's going to achieve all that he's promised. brian winter is editor—in—chief of the americas quarterly and an expert on brazilian politics. i asked him what he made of president bolsanaro‘s speech. the tone was very similar to what we heard during the entire campaign in that he was speaking mostly to his base. his message at the end about rooting out socialism, also these tough messages on corruption and crime, these are all designed to signal to his base that he's still with them, as well as to the broader population that this nightmare that brazil has lived through over these last three, four years with the worst recession in its modern history, with huge corruption scandals, he's trying to show them that that's over and that they've got a new start ahead. yeah, i suppose he really has raised expectations on the economy, corruption and crime. are you seeing him surrounding himself by the people who will be able to help him implement the policies that will then feed into his fan base? look, i think on the economy, he's likely to be quite good. brazil ranks terribly in the world bank international rankings of countries for ease of doing business, just 109th out of 190 countries. that's one reason that the economy has been such a wreck these last couple of years. budget imbalances is another. he may also do well on the anticorruption agenda. but of course there's more to a big country like brazil that just that, and on issues like the environment, on issues like human rights, i think there's reason to be quite sceptical of what he'll do. and, of course, if he does badly in those areas, there's a risk that those things will bleed into the economy as well. all those references to family values, ideology and socialism, is that red meat for his base, or do you see that he is going to try and enact substantive policies? well, that's kind of the question facing brazil right now, it's a good question. i think his supporters want to see a crackdown on socialism and on communism, which is a bit absurd because communists haven't really been a majorforce in brazil for a very long time. but what most of the country hears when they hear bolsonaro talk about this campaign against socialism is they hear him wanting to turn the page on these last 14 years during which the workers‘ party, the left—wing workers‘ party ruled for most of that time. and that is something that most brazilians want to see, and so i think that for some people, they take his discourse about socialism symbolically. i think the question that a lot of people have right now is — how symbolic is it? or will he go down a path where he might seek to disrespect democratic institutions and repress minority groups, including socialists? we just don't know. and, brian, what about his international outlook — how do you see that developing in the coming months? well, i mean, he's going to seek an alliance with the united states, and i think he's going to find a willing partner in donald trump. we all know how much president trump likes leaders around the world who seem to be following his example, and there's no question that jair bolsonaro has followed and is following the donald trump playbook with his talk of fake news and a tough line on crime, among other things. so, there's still a lot of doubt about what that will mean in practice. even in washington, people say, ok, well, we see a guy who clearly wants to be our friend, but does that mean that we'll do some kind of deal on trade or a unified front against china or venezuela with the humanitarian and economic crisis there? again, that's a big question mark. in fairness to them, it is just the first day of his government and there's still time ahead to see where this is going to lead. let's get some of the day's other news: prosecutors in france say 14 people have been caught trying to steal a fishing trawler in the channel port of boulogne. it's the latest in a series of incidents in which migrants have tried to steal vessels to make the crossing to britain. the authorities in bangladesh's third—largest city, khulna, have taken action against two journalists who covered sunday's fractious general election, accusing them of publishing false information. one of them has been arrested and the other is reported to be on the run. the party of prime minister sheikh hasina won the election by a landslide, prompting allegations of rigging and a demand from opposition parties for the result to be cancelled. the family of an american arrested in russia for spying say he is innocent and was in moscow to attend a wedding. relatives of ex—marine paul whelan learnt of his arrest from news reports. the us state department has asked for consular access to mr wheelan. if found guilty, he could be jailed for ten years. a nasa spacecraft has flown past the most distant world ever studied in our solar system some four billion miles away. there were celebrations from scientists at mission control when confirmation came through that the new horizons probe had achieved the historic fly by of the mysterious, icy world known as ultima thule. our science correspondent palab ghosh reports. ten, nine, eight, seven, six... it's not the new year they‘ re counting in, but the arrival of nasa's new horizons spacecraft. ..one! go, new horizons! it's just arrived at the most distant object that humanity has ever explored. this simulation shows the mission‘s target. it's called ultima thule. 4 billion miles away, it's one of the building blocks that planets are made from. we're here to tell you that last night, overnight, the united states spacecraft new horizons conducted the farthest exploration in the history of humankind and it did so spectacularly. thousands of operations on board the spacecraft had to work correctly in orderfor us to be able to tell you this, and now we know that it all did. so far, the spacecraft has only sent back low—resolution pictures. but over the coming days, the images will become increasingly clearer. nasa confirmed that the spacecraft had acquired gigabytes of photos, the latest of which they released today. and it's ok to laugh, but it's better than the one we had yesterday. there it is! meet ultima! cheering and applause. ultima thule seems to be peanut—shaped. what a difference a day makes! and ultima thule is finally revealing its secrets to us, and even though it is a pixelated blob still, it's a better pixelated blob! laughs. and this analysis suggests it might be rotating like a propeller. new horizons has flown towards the edge of our solar system, sending back these spectacular images of pluto on its way. these are real images of one of the solar system's most distant worlds. and very soon, we'll be able to see ultima thule in such incredible detail. and then, the team hopes that new horizons will be able to journey even further out. pallab ghosh, bbc news. president xijinping has urged the people of taiwan to embrace reunification with china as inevitable. he made the comments in a keynote speech in the great hall of the people, saying the separation of the chinese nation was a historical wound that must be healed. he added, however, that china would not give up the right to use force. 37 people have been killed by gunmen in central mali. armed men raided the village of koulogon in the mopti region in the early hours of the day. authorities said the gunmen were dressed as traditional donzo hunters. some of the victims were children. according to the malian government, hundreds of people were killed last year in ethnic violences across the country. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a gentle rock from his rescuers. a baby boy in russia survives a gas explosion and 36 hours stuck under rubble. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got underway with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today, and then we'll be in france, and again, it'll be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it looks good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. welcome back. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: a new year and a new direction for brazil, as the country's populist president promises to drive out corruption and crime. and a space probe sends the first image of an icy world from the very edge of our solar system. nasa calls it a moment in history. police in the uk say a counter—terrorism probe is still ongoing, after an incident at manchester's victoria railway station. on monday night, three people, including a police officer, were stabbed. a 25—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is being held under the mental health act. police say there is no evidence so far he was acting with anyone else. the victims‘s injuries are serious but not life threatening. our correspondent danny savage reports. a railway station in central manchester, just before 9pm last night. move away now. move! police restrain a man on the ground who moments earlier had been wielding a knife, attacking passers—by. a bbcjournalist was on the platform at the time and saw what happened. it's new year's eve, people have had a drink, they've probably — "it's just, it's just a fight." "it'll fizzle out in the next few seconds." but then ijust heard the guy shout, as part of a sentence, he shouted "allah", then i thought, hmm, that doesn't sound good. but at the point i was just edging towards the tracks to jump onto the tracks, he was pepper sprayed, he was tasered. theyjust kind of swarmed on him, brought him down. three people were stabbed, one of them was a policeman, the other two were a couple — a man and a woman in their 50s. all the injuries were serious, but not life—threatening. allahu akbar! a short time later, the man was taken away from manchester victoria station by police, shouting "god is greatest" in arabic. the chief constable of greater manchester police says it is being treated as a terrorist—related incident. we are treating this as a terrorist investigation, which is being led by counterterrorism officers with support from greater manchester police. they were working throughout the night to piece together the details of what happened and to identify the man who was arrested. at the same time, they announced they were searching a property in the cheatham hill area of the city, where police now stand guard. the city's mayor is trying to reassure people. manchester is strong, it's united. we will not allow anybody to divide us. we will continue to work closely with colleagues in the government and other public services over the coming days. but as i say, people should not be unduly alarmed. we would ask people to remain vigilant. but we believe this has all the hallmarks, and appears to be an isolated incident. the injured policeman is now at home, but the couple attacked here last night are likely to be in hospital for some time. danny savage reporting. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has told the israeli prime minister that president trump's decision to pull troops out of syria will not change cooperation between the two countries. he was meeting mr netanyahu in brasilia at the inauguration of jair bolsonaro. to the lead in syria in no way changes anything that this administration is working on alongside israel. —— the decision to leave syria. ahmed in the middle east stability and the protection of israel continues in the same way it did before that decision was made. now to tokyo, where japan's emperor akihito has given his final public new year address after a reign of three decades. emperor akihito is due to hand his essentially ceremonial role to his elder son in april. he's the first japanese emperor to abdicate in 200 years. a short time ago, the bbc‘s mariko oi watched this moment of history. he made a short speech wishing everyone who gathered there a very happy new year. he is going to appear at that balcony, at the imperial palace, a few more times throughout the day, as tens of thousands of people gather there to see him before he abdicates at the end of april. he spoke a lot longer last week, celebrating his 85th birthday. back then, he spoke about how he's relieved that his era is coming to an end, free of war injapan. he's a known pacifist who visited many countries in the region which were affected by japan's wartime aggression, and he spoke about a lot of natural disasters that devastated his country. and mariko, what does the public make of his abdication? because it's incredibly rare, isn't it? it is. i think it's fair to say that he is very well loved and well respected by the japanese public, but at the age of 85, when he made a speech saying that he would like to abdicate because of his health, many people felt that he should probably deserve a little break. at the same time, as i said, he is well respected, notjust by the older generation, who still see him as somewhat of a divine figure. just 80 years ago, many people were willing to die in the name of his father. but even thouthapan‘s constitution today says that he's a symbolic figure, still older generations still see him as somewhat of a divine figure. the younger generation, i remember an incident where a young high schooler pictured — tweeted a picture of the emperor and the empress with casual language, and that drew some criticism. it really does show that the younger generation also admires the couple. and mariko, what do know about his heir or successor? so he'll be succeeded by his eldest son on the first of may 2019. that's when the new era is going to begin. the new era's name will be announced on april i. it comes at a time when, of oucrse, japan's royal family... there has been a lot of talk about how they haven't had many sons, except for one little boy who was born eight years ago. a lot of royal wedding rumours as well, the daughter of the youngest son of emperor akihito announced a royal wedding, which got postponed. forjapan, quite an unusual amount of tabloid interest in what happened to that royal wedding, but the public has been prepared, i dare say the government and the imperial household have been announcing plans to the abdication at the end of april before the new emperor takes place on may one. you were talking about stories in the tabloids. how much deference is there for the royal family in japan? i'm just thinking about how we think of the royalfamily here in the uk. it is quite different. when i was doing a report about them, i was talking to my british colleague about how i should start my report and her suggestion was that i ask a young person to draw a cartoon of the emperor's face, and to a japanese person, that is completely taboo. you don't draw the face of the emperor, nor depict him in a sarcastic way, like the british tabloids do. but there is a lot of public interest in the royal family and especially the younger generation, because granddaughters of the emperor are in their teenage years and their early 20s, so a lot of interest in their love life. but still, a lot of privacy respected in the japanese media. prince charles and the first minister of scotland have attended a service of remembrance on the isle of lewis, to mark the 100th anniversary of one of britain's worst peacetime disasters at sea. more than 200 men returning home after the end of the first world war died in the early hours of new year's day, 1919, when the iolaire sankjust yards from the shore. there's been a second deadly incident in the russian city of magnitogorsk, where an apartment block collapsed on monday. the local governor says a minibus has exploded, killing three people. russian media are blaming the vehicle's gas powered fuel system. a suspected gas leak has also been blamed for monday's apartment block explosion. several people are still missing, but there was a moment of hope as an 11—month—old baby was pulled alive from the rubble. our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford has more. rescuers are calling this a new year miracle. the moment they reached baby ivan, clinging to life beneath the rubble of his home. he'd lain trapped and injured here for over 30 hours. the emergency team shouts to hurry as the baby boy is first checked and then bundled away by medics. translation: one of the rescuers heard a child crying. after that, we stopped all our equipment to make sure, and listened. but when we said quiet, the baby went quiet too. it was when we said, "where are you?", that the child started to cry again in response. ivan isjust 11 months old. as he was rushed to a local hospital, doctors discovered fractures, severe frostbite and a head injury. his mother, who was beside him when the blast tore through theirflat, escaped unharmed. translation: i was sleeping on the sofa, the baby was sleeping in his cot. my elder son and i fell with the building. i don't know what happened to the cot, but we fell down, so we got out faster. she and her husband were left waiting then, anxious for news, clutching baby ivan‘s clothes. ever since the disaster on new year's eve, teams have been searching the ruins here, all that remains of almost 50 apartments. officials at first said the blast was caused by a gas leak, then a minibus exploded on the same street, killing three. as reports began linking the blasts, investigators said experts had found no trace of explosives so far. baby ivan, though, has been given a chance. tonight, he was airlifted to moscow and the best specialists. his condition is described as serious, but stable now. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. just before we go, we want to show some pictures. hundreds of people have plunged into the cold waters of the north sea at dunkirk, in northern france, for the annual new year swim. the traditional bain de givres event at dunkirk is a bracing way to start 2019 and, as you can see, some people even dress up for the occasion. what a way to start the new year. those pictures from france. that is the way it is looking this sour. you're watching bbc news. —— this hour. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @duncangolestani. do stay with us, we're very soon. bye— bye. do stay with us, we're very soon. bye—bye. —— we are back. hello there. after a bland week of weather over the festive period, the new year brought some contrasting weather conditions. colder with some shower, cloud up into the far north—east, a window of sunshine for southwest scotland and northern england. but thicker cloud further south and west, that was a weather front still to clear away, and here we had cloud and drizzle and it stayed pretty mild. but behind that weather front, that's allowing that northerly flow to take hold and for the rest of the week, a stark contrast in the feel of the weather. that northerly flow will always bring the risk of a little more cloud along the east coast, but we start wednesday further west with some clear skies and a touch of frost to begin with. but it will be a sparkling start to wednesday, the further west you are, with some lovely spells of sunshine coming through. all the time, because of that northerly wind on exposed east—facing coasts, we could run the risk of more cloud and a few scattered showers across east anglia and that kent coast as well. but further west with the sunshine, temperatures maybe out to 3—5 degrees, maybe out to the west, where we've got a little more coastal cloud, temperatures of maximum seven degrees. the high pressure stays with us for much of the week but itjust changes its position a little, and that allows the wind direction to change very subtly. we still keep that northerly flow across those east coasts but further west, we start to drag in a return to a south—westerly, a slightly milder air source, but that will also bring with it a little more moisture as well and more cloud. so south—west england, wales, northern ireland, west—facing coasts of scotland could start off pretty cloudy and murky, maybe with a little bit of freezing fog in places. further inland, the best chance of seeing the sunshine, but again, still not a particularly warm day on thursday. highest values of three to nine degrees perhaps in the far north—west of scotland. as we move out of thursday night, we keep the clear skies and those temperatures are likely to fall away, again the exception perhaps the further west you are. but those temperatures will tumble and we could have a widespread cold, frosty night across the country, maybe the coldest night throughout the week. with overnight lows generally down to at least —3 or “11, maybe even lower in rural parts. but it does look as though we will continue to see some lovely spells of sunshine on friday. indications of things clouding over a little though for the start of the weekend, and as we get into sunday, the high pressure could weaken off and we could see a weather front pushing into the far north—west, which could bring more significant rain. take care. this is bbc news. the headlines: brazil's new populist president jair bolsonaro‘s been sworn in, vowing to rule the country with an iron fist. the far right firebrand, often dubbed the trump of the tropics, has vowed to crack down on corruption and crime and hailed the end of socialism in the country. nasa's scientists have been celebrating after their space probe new horizons successfully flew by the most distant object ever encountered. this is the first image it captured of an icy world on the very edges of our solar system. they called it an historic moment. there is that shot. an 11—month—old baby boy has been pulled from the rubble of a block of flats in russia, 36 hours after the building collapsed following a gas explosion. at least eight people were killed and dozens feared trapped. now, it's time for one of hardtalk‘s highlights of 2018.

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