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Trump second term begins with litany of executive orders
From America’s southern border to the Panama Canal – from the UN’s health agency to electric car makers – welcome to the new age of uncertainty.
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Trump pardons 1,500 people involved in January 6th riots
The former leader of the extremist Proud Boys group and the founder of another far-right group, the Oath Keepers – have been released from prison as part of President Trump’s sweeping clemency for those convicted over the violent January 6th attack on Capitol Hill.
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Starmer: Southport attack inquiry will answer ‘grave questions’
The Prime Minister says he will change the law to make sure that lone killers with “extreme individualised violence” face terror charges – after Axel Rudakubana murdered three young girls in Southport.
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Davos: Zelenskyy urges leaders to bolster military spending
European leaders have begun their meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos in the shadow of Mr Trump’s first full day in office – and they started with a robust defence of action on climate change.
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Europe needs to work with US ‘without giving up values’ – expert
We spoke to Dr Comfort Ero, President of the International Crisis Group, and began by asking whether after a ceasefire was agreed in Gaza – could Donald Trump bring peace to Ukraine.
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Israeli settlers attack Palestinaians in occupied West Bank
With a ceasefire holding in Gaza, violence has flared in the occupied West Bank.
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Trump pledges to ‘take back’ Panama Canal – but is it bluster?
Among Mr Trump’s immediate pledges – taking the Panama Canal back under US control, after alleging China is operating the canal and accusing Panama of charging the US too much to use it.
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Debate: Will Trump’s executive action work?
We spoke to Navin Nayak who was director of opinion research for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign; and the Republican strategist Kristin Davison.
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Turkey: At least 76 people killed after huge hotel fire
At least 76 people have been killed and dozens of others injured after a large fire ripped through a ski resort hotel in Turkey.
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Inside HMP Downview: one of 12 women’s prisons in England & Wales
Criminal justice experts brought together by the government are drawing up a new strategy to cut the number of women being sent to prison – as figures show that two thirds of female prisoners say they’ve been victims of domestic violence.
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What do US senators make of Trump’s first day?
Donald Trump is about to meet with top Republicans, and pledged a major announcement on infrastructure – no word of that yet.
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Could Trump’s executive orders totally change America?
Hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States of America, he signed executive orders to take the US out of the World Health Organisation and the Paris Climate Accords – then around 1,500 January 6 rioters were freed; a national emergency at the US-Mexico border was declared, he made the designation of two genders an official government policy and the TikTok ban was paused – and that’s before he made off-hand comments on whether the fragile ceasefire in Gaza will last.
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FactCheck: Trump’s birthright citizenship ban explained
In order for Trump’s executive order to be upheld, the US supreme court would have to overturn a century of legal precedent.
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Labour row back on key hospitals pledge made by Conservatives
While the world was watching Donald Trump’s inauguration, the UK government took the opportunity to row back on a key health pledge made by the Conservatives.
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What will UK-US ‘special relationship’ look like under Trump?
The first time Donald Trump became president, Theresa May was the first foreign leader to visit. Her trip, seven days after his inauguration, was memorable for the awkward images of him holding her hand as they walked through the White House.
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What will Trump’s second term mean for world order?
We’re in Davos, the mountain top town in Switzerland where business and political leaders meet each year to – as they see it – try to improve the state of the world.
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Debate: How will a second Trump term affect Americans?
What can be expected in the coming hours and years of Trump’s second presidency?
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‘We’ve lost our entire lives’: people return to destroyed homes in Gaza
Before even entering office, President Trump was taking full credit for the ceasefire in Gaza, which is now into its second day.
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Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to murder of three girls in Southport
The 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana accused of killing three young girls at a dance class in Southport has changed his plea to guilty.
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‘Country more united with Trump’, says former Trump staffer
We spoke to Fred Fleitz, who was Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary of the National Security Council during the first Trump administration.
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How Washington DC reacted to Trump’s inauguration
In his inaugural address, President Trump declared that the “entire nation is rapidly unifying behind our agenda”.
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Trump sworn in as US president for second time
He may be the first convicted criminal to occupy the White House, but Donald Trump says he was saved by God to make America great again.
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Donald Trump Presidential Inauguration Day 2025 | LIVE
Join us to watch Donald Trump be sworn in as the President of the United States… again.
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Trump’s remarkable comeback: what to expect this time
An ascension that many believed impossible not long ago. Yet today, two impeachments and four indictments later, he’s remarkably pulled it off, taking back the keys to the highest office in the land.
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Trump inauguration: is this the end for progressives in America?
Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as President of the United States of America for the second time – but, from TikTok and the southern border, to Ukraine and the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza – he faces even bigger challenges than he did eight years ago.
