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of an italian 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, yohanna konta is aiming to keep her winning run going, by knocking out a former world number one out of the australian open. 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. most places will see the sun shine, with a dry day ahead. more in the next half an hour. 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 begin dismantling barack obama s affordable care act, known as obamaca re. in his fi ....
donald j trump and the first lady of the united states. he beamed as he arrived at galas across washington, clasping the hand of his wife and first lady. inaugural balls are part of the choreography of this historic day. and mr trump invited supporters from across the country. well, we did it. cheering we began this journey, and they said we we and me we didn t have a chance, but we knew we were going to win. and we won. # i did it my way.# as he shuffled around the floor, word spread that he had already made his first executive move. this is an executive order minimising the economic burden of the patient protection and affordable care act. an action that will help repeal obamaca re, his predecessor s signature health care law. across the country, gatherings of a more hostile nature sprung up from coast to coast. in washington, over 200 people were arrested after a handful of small anti trump rallies turned violent. in chicago, hundreds peacefully voiced their conc ....
welcome to bbc news. donald trump s first full day has been marked with protests around the world. the president himself is preparing for a visit to the headquarters of the cia as commander in chief. he has been critical of the organisation in the past, and its belief that russian hackers meddled in the us election. elsewhere, he used his first few hours in office to start on picking his predecessor s policies. unpicking. he s targeted obamaca re, ordering officials to reduce the economic burden of the affordable healthcare plan, but hasn t said what he ll replace it with. the revamped white house website is also now highlighting mr trump s new six issue agenda energy, foreign policy, jobs and growth, military, law enforcement and trade deals. the new president s cabinet is beginning to take shape. retired generaljames mattis has been sworn in as defence secretary. and john kelly, a retired marine corps general, has also been sworn in as the head of homeland secu ....
hundreds of thousands of people havejoined protest marches around the world on this, the first full day of donald trump s presidency. the demonstrations are to highlight women s and minority rights, which protesters say are under threat from the new administration. tens of thousands of people joined the rally in london, and other cities across the uk, but the biggest event was in washington. from there, james cook reports. washington has a long history of public protest but even judged by those standards, this march is massive. hundreds of thousands of women and many men as well poured into the capital to make their voices heard. i came from hawaii to be here today and i am here to represent all the people that cannot be here. i am glad there is a lot of people who are willing to come and stand up for these things. i feel it is important. it s not that we hate trump but we hate what he stands for. bigotry and racism, we will not stand for that. it gives me hope for the ....