21/01/2017 World News Today

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President Trump visits the CIA on his first full day in office

and promises to defeat Islamic terrorism.

It comes on the day that hundreds of thousands of people

march in Washington, and cities across the world,

This has to be eradicated, just off back the face of the earth. It is

evil. This has to be eradicated,

just off the face of the earth. Rescuers continue to dig at the site

of the Hotel Rigopiano in central Italy in the hope of finding more

survivors of Wednesday's avalanche. And people in the Gambia

are expecting to see its former President Yahya Jammeh leave

the country after finally agreeing Yahya Jammeh is reportedly now on a

plane to Guinea. The newly elected US

President Donald Trump has told a gathering

of the Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA, that he stands with them

'One thousand percent'. Speaking at the CIA's headquarters

in Fairfax in Virginia, he said there was no

one he respected more. And he promised that Islamic

terrorism would be defeated. We have to get rid of Isis,

we have to get rid of Isis. Radical Islamic terrorism,

and I said yesterday - Mr Trump also had plenty

to say about the media. He accused reporters of being

inaccurate in their reporting As you know, I have a running war

with the media. They are among the most dishonest human beings on

earth. APPLAUSE

Right? And a sort of made it sound like I had a feud with the

intelligence community. And I want you to know the reason you are the

number one stop, it is exactly the opposite, exactly the opposite. They

understand that as well. I was explaining about the numbers. We did

the speech yesterday. I don't know about the speech... But we had a

massive field of people. You saw it, packed. I got up this morning and

turned on one of the networks and they show an empty field. I made a

speech. I looked out, it looked like a million, or a million people. They

showed a field where there was practically nobody standing there!

During the speech, Mr Trump also confirmed that the British Prime

Minister Theresa May is to travel to Washington to meet him -

The BBC understands it's this week. A Brexit trade deal between the UK

and the US is likely to be high on Mrs May's agenda.

Mr Trump said recently he'd be keen to work on a deal that was good

for both countries but also said during his inaugural address that

in relations with other countries, he'd always put America first.

Today, as Mr Trump was speaking, just a few miles away in Washington

DC, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets

in protest against his statements on women and minorities.

The main Mall in Washington in fromt of the Capitol Building

is still crowded with people - organisers say they won't be able

to lead a formal march towards the White House

because there's just not enough room to move the crowds.

Just by way of comparison, this is the same scene

exactly 24 hours ago, for the inauguration

As you can see, there were far fewer people there on Friday.

Here's a statistic to reinforce the difference -

the Washington's Metro rail system says that up to 11am

on Saturday morning, there were 275,000 rides

In the same timeframe on Friday morning, the day of the inauguration

Here's how one of the speakers at today's event -

the singer Madonna - explained her motivations

Welcome to the revolution of love! To the rebellion, to our refusal, as

women, to accept this new age of tyranny. We are not just women that

are in danger, but all marginalised people. For being uniquely

different, right now, my truly be considered a crime...

Another actress speaking at the event was Scarlett Johansson,

who made this personal appeal for the family planning

organisation, Planned Parenthood, to be spared from funding cuts

For the more than 2.5 million patients a year that rely

on Planned Parenthood services for cancer and STD screenings,

birth control, safe abortion and pregnancy planning,

these are uncertain and anxious times.

Lawmakers in 24 states have tried to block patients from receiving

Congress has voted to limit access to reproductive services nine times.

Our correspondent Barbara Plett-Usher has been among those

This is probably the biggest inaugural linked demonstration

Organisers were predicting up to 200,000 people,

but now the mayor's office has increased that estimate to probably

half a million people, and that's just here in Washington.

In cities around the country there have also been big demonstrations,

in places like New York and Los Angeles.

Also in a number of countries overseas as well.

This is an event that was organised by women who are afraid

that the Trump administration would roll back some

of their rights, or at least not actively promote them as they had

hoped a government might do, but it has taken in a much

Those groups that feel vulnerable have also come here,

groups representing immigrants, groups representing people

of colour, the NAACP, civil rights groups,

environmental groups, all saying to Mr Trump

and their rights - they are sending a message

that they are a voice to be heard, a force

to be reckoned with, and they want to tell him

as their government, as their president,

We have had a lot of star power here, too.

Even the former Secretary of State John Kerry has been wandering around

the rally with his dog, saying hello. Hillary Clinton has treated

in support as well. In fact quite a number of people here were

galvanised by having supported her before, her having lost, and then

wanting to make a statement here about that as well. Speaking about

politics we will have to see where this goes. When you ask people what

they expect, they say, we want to show solidarity, we want to send a

message that we cannot be ignored, but where it goes from there is not

entirely clear. A number of groups have taken part that are already

organised COMMENTATOR: Black lives matter, planned parenthood, the

American Civil Liberties Union, so you might see a swelling of numbers

in those groups, more members there -- groups that are already

organised, like Black Lives Matter, Planned Parenthood And The American

Civil Liberties Union. But we will have to see how this

outpouring of solidarity and concern actually expresses itself beyond

today. Barbara Plett-Usher there. Washington wasn't the only place

to host an anti-Trump demonstration on Saturday -

there have been protests in 60 other This was the scene in Tblisi,

the capital of Georgia. And our correspondents were able

to meet demonstrators at a number This is all part of the global

women's March but you can really feel the Dutch flavour here. People

highlighting the issues they feel are most destructive to society.

This is to show the many parties who come up with populist slogans, fear,

fear mongering, that we see no. Among the issues these people

believe made people vote for Donald Trump, things like fear and

discontent, are also present here in the Netherlands, and they are

warning Dutch politicians to pay attention. This is all ahead of

elections in March and many believe they will be the first real

indication of whether the US have had any real impact here on the

European mainland. Here in Vienna the marchers are out as well as they

have been in cities across Europe and I am here with an American who

has been here in Vienna for 17 years. Why did you come out today? I

came out because I have three children. This is my youngest, four

months old, and the thought a child anywhere would feel less than

because of statements made by those in power, it makes me heartsick.

Many people in the crowd are telling me how frustrated they are at the

election of Donald Trump and their concern moving forward for the

protection of women's writes. They want the new administration at the

White House to protect women's writes, but not just that, but

people in the Road have also come out to speak about women's writes in

general, women's equality, equal pay -- women's rights. This is one of 60

March is going on around the world. We will bring you some breaking news

now. The former president of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, is reportedly

on board a plane and leaving the company. He is understood to be in

the company of the president of Guinea negotiating his departure and

it is thought he is heading to exile in Guinea. We can get the latest

from our West African correspondent in the Gambian capital, Banjul. What

is happening at the moment? Yahya Jammeh is now on board the plane

with the Guinean president and we are told they are just about to take

off from Banjul airport. His wife was also with them. So this is the

end of a 22 year rule here in Gambia and there is no doubt there will be

celebrations tonight in the streets of the capital. The end of a

political crisis after the election last month, when President Yahya

Jammeh first admitted defeat, then a few days later he turned around and

said he was rejecting the result, and over the last few days west

African state which mounted up pressure against him, gathering

troops just across the border, threatening to remove him from power

by force, and now he is on board, he is leaving. This is the end of his

political rule. How significant is that and what about the incoming

president, where is he? The new president, Adama Barrow, is still in

Senegal, in Dakar, and he said he would return to the Gambia ones

Yahya Jammeh has left, so I believe he will be returning in the next

three days. Obviously this is quite a big development in the region. The

West African state sending a very strong message not only across the

region but also across the continent that they stand ready to fight to

protect democracy and the people's will, that they are ready to send

troops to whomever is rejecting the results of a fair election. Do we

not exactly the terms of this deal, in terms of what now happens to Mr

Yahya Jammeh? -- do we know exactly. That is a good question and the big

question at the moment because we do not know exactly what sort of deal

the West African president, the Guinean president, and the

Mauritanian president the radio today, had in their talks with Yahya

Jammeh in their discussions with him to step down -- that they had today

in their talks. Some kind of amnesty, guarantees of safety for

him and his family, or whether there is going to be, whether he will have

to leave in exile or whether he will be able to come back to the Gambia

at some point. We do not know, but all we know is he would be on his

way to Guinea at the moment and perhaps to another country later on,

but we do not know yet. Many live from Banjul for us. Much my head.

The Brazilian football club shopper Quincey plays again, their first

match since last year's deadly plane crash -- Chapecoense.

For all of you who have done amazing just remarkable work, I can't wait

to see what you do next, and I will be right there with you. God bless

you. I am Geeta Guru-Murthy with the

latest headlines for you. President Trump visits the CIA

on his first full day in office and promises to defeat

Islamic terrorism. It comes on the day that hundreds

of thousands of people march in Washington,

and cities across the world, Four more people were pulled out

overnight from the rubble of an Italian hotel

that was destroyed by It follows the rescue on Friday

of four children and a woman. The avalanche took

place in remote valley From the ruins of the hotel,

in the last moments of light on the third day, rescuers pulled

this She was the final member

of her family to be Relief workers then carried away

a boy who had been with her. Concrete walls had protected

them from the avalanche. Later, rescuers made

their way to for more The rescued adults and children were

flown to hospital in a coastal city TRANSLATION: The medical condition

of the survivors is good. Only one patient is

currently in the operating theatre having surgery

on The survivors' family members

can now breathe again. Doesn't my face

show how happy I am? I would like to see him

but for now the boy is safe. Fresh rescue teams prepared

to relieve their exhausted TRANSLATION: We are

going to take over. The rescue operation

will continue through the night. We are convinced that we will find

other people still alive. To find them, they will have

to dig through tonnes How many more survivors might

there be underneath all of this? Updates on the website of course.

For now, James Pearce has all the sport. Yes, lots of football. Two of

the big teams met at the Etihad Stadium. It finished 2-2, with City

and Tottenham, and City fans will wonder how the team did not end up

winning. They dominated and led 2-0 but their opponents find a way back

into the contest. Home fans were not happy with the referee Andrew

Marriner had turned down penalty appeals when Raheem Sterling

appeared to be pushed over when through an goal. We considered view,

we were not able to win the right positions, the right moments. And of

course you have to score goals. We created so many chances to score

goals and if you're not able, against the top teams like

Tottenham, so again, they shot four times against Everton, two times and

two goals. Manchester United came from behind to draw 1-1 with Stoke

City, but it is not the result, it will be the achievement of that man

there who scored the equaliser that will feature in the stories

tomorrow, because he has become Manchester United's record

goal-scorer, claiming his 250th goal for the club. It is a great feeling,

obviously. A bit of a strange one at the minute, having dropped two

points, but in the grand scheme of things it is a huge moment, proud

one, for myself, and something that will live with me for the rest of my

life. I have the utmost respect for Sir Bobby Charlton, and he

congratulated me after the game, so he is pleased in some way anyway.

But it is a great honour for me. I made it clear throughout my career I

am a team player, but it is important, especially when you

finish playing, something you can look back at and, you know,

something for when your kids grow older, they can look at, but today

it is a proud moment. It was a dreadful result for Jurgen Klopp's

Liverpool who were beaten 3-2 at home by strugglers Swansea city. Two

goals from Fernando Alonso put City 2-0 then Roberto Firmino drew the

hosts level. Kill the Sigurdsson had the decisive one, Swansea off the

bottom of the table but Liverpool remaining seven points behind

leaders Chelsea who play Hull City. It as a reaction, but at the moment

it is not allowed, a big influence, the damage... But in this moment it

should have, and it has, actually, because it feels really better in

this moment, and we have to... Yes, of course, we analyse it, like we

always do. We analyse the games we win so we will do the same with this

but I can already see around the goals we defended really badly. So

today it was, you know, the rest was not good enough to win the game.

Elsewhere Bournemouth drew with Watford, Crystal Palace lost 1-0 to

Everton, Middlesbrough were beaten 3-1 by West Ham and West Bromwich

Albion beat Sunderland 2-0, leaving David Moyes's Aslef at the bottom of

the table. Rafa Nadal had to reach deep to get through these gruelling

set against the teenager on the sixth day of the Australian open.

Serena Williams on the other hand was able to save her energy for

later as she eased into the last 16 beating fellow American Michael

Gibbs in straight sets. One of the performances of the day came from

Britain's Juana contact -- Nicola Gibbs. -- to Anaconda. She will now

play Katarina Makarova in the fourth round. Tyrrell Hatton takes a lead

into the final round of the Abu Dhabi championship. He is on 13

under par but faced with an intimidating chasing pack including

the US Open champion Dustin Johnson. Busy day, but that is all your sport

for now. Lovely. Thanks very much, James.

It's been no ordinary match for the Brazilian football club

You remember the team lost almost all of its players in a plane crash

Well, today they played their first friendly match,

against the national champions, Palmeiras.

Thousands watched as the three surviving members of the team

were given a heroes' welcome before kick-off.

This is the very first game of the Chapecoense football club back here

at the arena, after the accident that killed most members of the team

in Colombia almost two months ago. They are playing a friendly match

against Palmeiras, the defending Brazilian champions, and the funds

raised by this match will go into rebuilding the team and supporting

the families of the victims. Earlier on we saw a ceremony here with

relatives of the victims receiving medals from the club in honour of

those who past, and also alongside the three players who managed to

survive the crash, they were here and they received the trophy, the

American cup, and you will remember that was the final they were meant

to play in Colombia, they were headed to Medellin when their plane

crashed in the mountains. They did not get to play that match and they

were awarded the title in tribute to all the victims. Very moving moments

here at the arena, with the fans showing their support for the new

team formed by a majority of new players. The stands are packed, the

city of Chapeco has been really anxious for the moment and is really

keen to see the team continue its trajectory of success which has been

a big thing for this city of Chapeco in the South of Brazil for a long

thin. Thank you. The final scorer there was 2-2. Back to Washington

now. Returning to Washington now,

and as Donald Trump was being inaugurated,

things weren't changing only in Washington or in the Oval Office,

but on cyber space as well. One by one, pages were

changed on the White House Users have been pointing out that

former webpages that hosted White House policies on climate

change, LGBT rights and civil rights Instead, these sections have been

replaced with pages on "Standing Up For Our Law Enforcement Community"

and "America First Energy And on Twitter, Barack Obama let go

of the @POTUS handle and archived his Presidential

tweets at @POTUS44. Donald Trump is keeping his

@realDonaldTrump handle Following the same pattern,

Michelle Obama has become @FLOTUS44 and Melania Trump is now @FLOTUS -

who hasn't tweeted yet. Former White House digital staffer

Kori Schulman explained in a blog President Obama's WhiteHouse.gov

will be preserved on the web at ObamaWhiteHouse.gov -

in a move similar to Bush In the meantime Barack Obama

has returned to his He says he and Michelle Obama

will be going on a quick vacation, after which they'll get

back to work. That is it from the programme. And I

am on the same old Twitter handle, Geeta guru-Murthy. And you

can keep up-to-date with all the events and the aftermath of that

incredible day in American politics, online. Thank you for watching. This

is BBC Nears. Good evening. It is a cold night out

there, but a huge amount of variety across the UK this weekend. This

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