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for social care and school places. i m rebecca jones. and in the next hour he ll soon become the 45th president of the united states. donald trump prepares to be sworn in, formally replacing president barack obama in the white house tomorrow at noon that s 5o‘clock uk time. french skipper armel le cleac‘h wins the vendee globe solo round the world yacht good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has outlined her vision of a truly global britain during an address to business leaders at the world economic forum. the prime minister said the uk is facing a period of momentous change and must forge a new role. and she urged international businesses to behave more responsibly, by paying their fair share of tax, and recognising their duties to their staff. mrs may said the world economy must be made to work for everyone, as our business editor simonjack reports from davos. theresa may stepped out to face the global elite she has been so scathing about. an ....
have been pulled out of the debris of a hotel, almost 72 hours after it was swamped by an avalanche. leaders of europe s right wing parties gather in germany to discuss their opposition to the european union, thousands of protestors are expected to demonstrate. in sport, a woman on a roll, and yohanna konta is aiming to keep her winning run going, by knocking out a former world number one out of the australian open. she s taken the first set. and in from the cold. i ve been training with the british long speed skating team, who s sport has been revived in the netherlands. and nick has the weather. the weekend is getting off to a frosty start. a hard frost in some parts. patchy fog around as well. a mostly dry day, and i ve got all your weekend weather in the next half an hour. good morning. first, our main story. president donald trump has wasted no time in getting to work. shortly after his inauguration parade ended, the new man in charge signed an executive order to b ....
by a deal to plug the bhs pensions back by coal. £360 million to be paid. it endsa by coal. £360 million to be paid. it ends a long running dispute with regulators. newcastle take a big step into returning to the premier league. they go to the top of the championship. and the not so bonny banks of loch lomond why wild campers are no longer welcome. it looks like they are. cowell has the rest of the weather. happy st david s day. it is a chilly start, the risk of ice. already some rain coming into the south west. behind it in the south, it will become very windy later on. i will have more in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. donald trump has promised a new chapter of american greatness in his first speech to congress. he also appealed for unity, saying the time for trivial fights had passed. in an hour long speech he promised extra spending on infrastructure, the military, and pledged to tackle illegal immigration and terrorism. our corres ....
the us state department. that wouldn t normally be headline news. but let s talk to barbara plett usher and she can explain, hi barbara, that this is an event of note. yes, it s the first briefing that the state department has had in six weeks. we used to get them every single day. even in between transition administrations, there s been a hiatus of a few days. the place was packed. as you can imagine, there were questions about why the state department had been silent for so long. the spokesman mark toner put it up to the administration finding its sea legs, he said. presumably that means that the secretary of state was coming up to speed with the department and coming up to speed with the white house. mr toner said he contacted white house regularly and was building relationships with his foreign counterparts etc, so he was busy. he didn t really address the glaring lack of public diplomacy. even more so, there were a lot of questions about the state department budget ....
its new electric version of the mini in the uk. we talk to amal clooney about her legal battle on behalf of the persecuted yazidi people. and the pressure mounts for arsene wenger as arsenal we talk to amal clooney about her legal battle on behalf and the pressure mounts for arsene wenger as arsenal are heavily beaten again in the champions league. coming up in sportsday on bbc news: arsenal s last match in europe this season as bayern munich knock them out of the champions league again. good evening. the government has suffered a second defeat on its brexit bill in the house of lords. peers are insisting on what they call a ‘meaningful‘ parliamentary vote on the final deal to leave the eu. the government will now try to overturn the changes in the house of commons. ministers accused some in the lords of trying to frustrate the brexit outcome. theresa may is still hoping to start the formal leaving process by the end of the month, as our political editor, laura kuen ....