hello and welcome. joe biden has begun his time in office by reversing key trump era policies just hours after being sworn in as the 46th president of the united states. mr biden said there was no time to waste . he has signed executive orders tackling coronavirus, climate change and racial injustice. the us is to rejoin the world health organization and paris climate accord, and the keystone oil pipeline is being scrapped. the bbc s nomia iqbal is in washington. welcome to you. a busy first few hours in the oval office for president biden. he is doing his best to try and dismantle president trump s legacy full up at a faster rate than probably any president has done. certainly mr trump did the same when he took office in 2016 from barack obama. as you mentioned there there were some key executive orders, about 15 and all he needs to do is sign them with a pen and they will be reversed. the climate change, he will return america to the paris climate deal. there is also re
now, for viewers around the globe, we have a special programme looking back at today s events in washington, dc. for viewers in the uk, before we take a look at the papers, we want to bring you this developing news from the north of england where more than 2,000 properties are being evacuated in manchester. heavy rainfall from storm christoph continues to batter parts of england. snow has fallen heavily in didsbury, with the river mersey at very high levels. a severe flood warning, meaning there is a danger to life, has been issued there, and in northenden manchester city council has confirmed those who need to stay with friends and family temporarily due to flooding will not be in breach of coronavirus lockdown rules. a covid safe emergency rest centre has also been set up. this is a developing situation and there are warnings it could get much worse through the night. we will continue to monitor that but now let us bring you up to date with the papers. hello and welcome t
restaurant in france. the incoming biden administration in the united states says it will maintain covid travel restrictions banning visitors from most of europe and brazil. mr biden s spokeswoman, jen psaki, made the announcement on twitter, shortly after the trump administration ordered the measures to be lifted from next week. she said now was not the time to be easing travel measures, as new variants of the virus emerged. let s speak now to our north america correspondent david willis. if somebody were thinking, planning a business trip to the united states from europe or brazil, should they shouldn t they? how things stand? the? they? how things stand? they shouldn t. they? how things stand? they shouldn t, not they? how things stand? they shouldn t, not at they? how things stand? they shouldn t, not at the - they? how things stand? they shouldn t, not at the moment| shouldn t, not at the moment and perhaps quite for quite some time. all of this begs the question,
now on bbc news, review 2021, the media year. our media editor, amol rajan, takes a close look at some of the organisations running our digital world in his review of the year. hello. i hope the year has been kind to you. the media industry is defining a new normal, and coming to terms with the second year of a global pandemic. print and distribution costs are growing pretty much everywhere. but so too are online subscriptions and targeted advertising. big tech is more dominant than ever, but governments and regulators around the world, including here in the uk, are waking up to new ways to shape these giants of global media. or at least squaring up for a fight with them. nevertheless, many of the biggest headlines this year came from more traditional media. presenter piers morgan left itv s good morning britain after saying that he didn t believe a word that meghan said in that interview with oprah winfrey. concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he
ambassador vasily nebenzya, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. ambassador, i want to begin with some words said recently by the uk foreign minister, david cameron. he said this: the lights are flashing red right across the global dashboard. it is hard to think of a time when there s been so much danger, insecurity, instability in the world. would you agree with him on that? i would. and where do you see the instability at its most dangerous? the most pressing thing today is, of course, the middle east. you cannot deny it. it s obvious. it is a conflict that is fraught with the regional conflagration, potential global conflagration. you see what s happening what has been happening in recent days. you have seen what s been happening in the red sea with the us aggression on yemen, with the recent us plus uk aggression on iraq and syria, the situation on the northern border of israel with lebanon. so, the middle east may explode, unfortunately. i m looking at some of