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 security.
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 future
and service of all who took part in operations in iraq and afghanistan. the queen unveils a memorial in london to service personnel and civilians who served and worked in iraq and afghanistan. the ceremony in victoria embankment gardens was followed a service for 2,500 veterans on horse guards parade. welcome. the chancellor philip hammond has defended his plan to raise national insurance contributions for self employed people, saying the government faces new challenges. mr hammond is facing criticism, including from his own backbenches, for apparently going back on a 2015 manifesto pledge not to raise tax or national insurance. the change, due to come in next year, will mean 1.6 million self employed people paying, on average, an extra £240 a year. labour has accused the government of breaking its promise. here s our political correspondent eleanor garnier. voiceover: learning to solve technical problems at a college in dudley in the west midlands this morning. and after
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