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00:00Donald Trump signs a slew of executive orders on his first day back at the White House after
00:06being inaugurated as the 47th U.S. President.
00:10U.S. President Donald Trump says he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin very soon
00:15under his new doctrine called peace through strength.
00:22Several people have died and dozens more have been hospitalized after a fire broke out at
00:26a ski resort in Turkey's Bolu province.
00:35Donald Trump has returned to the White House.
00:38He was sworn in as the 47th U.S. President, succeeding Joe Biden, who defeated him four
00:43years ago in the 2020 presidential election.
00:46Trump's inauguration was slightly altered from standard protocol, with the swearing-in
00:50ceremony being held indoors due to bad weather.
00:54U.S. executives and foreign dignitaries, including heads of state, attended the event.
01:00And after taking the oath of office, the so-called Golden Age of America was in motion.
01:09The Golden Age of America begins right now.
01:21From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world.
01:28We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage
01:33of any longer.
01:36During every single day of the Trump administration, I will very simply put America first.
01:47In keeping his campaign promises, the U.S. President wasted no time upon his return to
01:51the Oval Office.
01:53Trump signed a series of executive orders covering a range of topics from climate and
01:57energy to TikTok.
02:00But the one that stood out most was his full pardoning of perpetrators behind the January
02:046 Capitol Hill riots.
02:05Yes, sir.
02:06First, we have a list of pardons and commutations relating to events that occurred on January
02:076, 2021.
02:08Okay.
02:09And how many people are in this?
02:10I think this order will apply to approximately 1,500 people, sir.
02:11So this is January 6th, and these are the hostages, approximately 1,500 for a pardon.
02:27Yes.
02:28Full pardon.
02:29Full pardon.
02:30The U.S. President also signed an order instating 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico, starting
02:39on the 1st of February.
02:41Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Trump on his inauguration.
03:03Trump promised in his campaign trail to end the ongoing war in Ukraine on his first day
03:07in office.
03:08He has since retracted that claim, instead offering what he called a more realistic six-month
03:13timeline to achieve that objective.
03:18At a speech during the Commander-in-Chief Inaugural Ball, U.S. President Donald Trump
03:22said the U.S. would achieve peace through strength, an expression he used in his inauguration
03:26speech.
03:27Trump said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin very soon and said Putin was
03:30destroying Russia by refusing to negotiate a ceasefire with Ukraine.
03:34However, details on how Trump would broker a peace deal between Moscow and Kiev remains
03:38to be scarce.
03:39We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars we end,
03:46and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.
03:49It's called peace through strength.
03:52We won't have to fight the war.
03:55Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media that peace through strength
03:58policy would actually provide an opportunity to strengthen American leadership and achieve
04:02a long-term and just peace.
04:04When asked if Trump thought Israel and Hamas would maintain the ceasefire deal, which days
04:08earlier Trump claimed credit for, he said he is not confident that it will last.
04:13Trump also reversed sanctions on Israeli settler groups accused of violence against Palestinians
04:17in the occupied West Bank with an executive order.
04:23Your country first win with us.
04:25With this sign across the facade on Ukraine house in Davos, Kiev seems to be sending a
04:30strong message to one single person, the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
04:38While politicians and business leaders here are trying to figure out what would his second
04:43term in the White House mean for political, economic and trade cooperation with the United
04:48States, for Ukraine the stakes are as high as they can get, as Russia's full-scale invasion
04:55is nearing the three-year mark.
05:00The first day of the Davos week felt like the calm before the storm as the world's attention
05:04is drawn to Washington and the inauguration ceremony.
05:08Ukraine house in Davos organized a watch party with a live stream from Washington.
05:14What are your expectations from the new, the old new President of the United States?
05:18So we're excited.
05:20I think this real buzz of excitement and we just put out a brand new survey this morning.
05:25So 77% of American business in Ukraine is very excited.
05:29Our members over 60% are forecasting a ceasefire in 2025.
05:35So we expect a ceasefire this year in 2025 and we look forward to working with the new
05:40administration, the new administration where so many are from business and are pro-business.
05:50Europeans seem to be more cautious about Trump's second term than Ukrainians are.
05:54Be weaponized to persecute.
05:56I think what Ukrainians have shown and what they've seen is this resilience is phenomenal.
06:02Many people in America, in the American government three years ago were saying that Ukraine at
06:07key with a fall within three days.
06:09Here we are three years on Ukraine stands, Kiev stands and business, business stands
06:14united with Ukraine.
06:16And I think those are the messages we want to get across.
06:18And that's where the optimism comes from.
06:21I think it's showing that Ukraine is open for business, that Ukrainians are showing
06:25phenomenal results on the front line defending the country and they continue to do so today.
06:33During his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said that he could put an
06:37end to Russia's war against Ukraine in 24 hours.
06:41In a rather harsh reality check, Trump later said that a six-month timeline for ending
06:45the war was more realistic.
06:48What matters for Ukraine, though, is not how fast it will be, but on what conditions.
06:56The families of the three released Israeli hostages delivered a joint statement expressing
07:01their gratitude to all parties involved in securing their return.
07:05Romy Gonen, Emily Damari and Dorange Timebreaker were the first three hostages released by
07:10Hamas after a ceasefire deal with Israel went into effect on Sunday.
07:16Today, Dorange is with us at home.
07:18Dorange is here.
07:19We are still recovering.
07:21We are trying to cope.
07:22I'm delighted to be able to tell you that Emily is in high spirits and on the road to
07:27recovery.
07:28We are happy to finally say that Romy will be released.
07:34The three women, ranging between 24 and 31 years of age, spent 15 months under Hamas
07:39captivity in Gaza after being captured in the group's October 7, 2023 attack on southern
07:45Israel.
07:47The family members thanked their government for finally moving forward with a deal that
07:50facilitates the release of hostages, as well as mediators Qatar and Egypt.
07:56They also had lots of gratitude to U.S. presidents involved in the deal, Joe Biden and Donald
08:01Trump, particularly the latter.
08:05We got to this point after too long, and without Trump's involvement, this wouldn't have happened.
08:11We also wanted to thank U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who, thanks to his strong stance
08:17on Israel, has strengthened the human good.
08:22The families say the young women are doing well, noting that it will be a long road to
08:27recovery.
08:28They've urged the families of all hostages still under captivity to continue protesting
08:32to ensure the government fully implements the deal and all hostages are released.
09:02They added that the wooden cladding on the exterior of the hotel may have accelerated
09:06the spread of the fire.
09:09They added that the hotel is on the side of a cliff, hampering efforts to combat the flames.
09:14Two of the victims died after jumping from the building in a panic, according to Bolu's
09:19governor.
09:20The fire occurred during the school semester break, when many skiers from Istanbul and
09:26Ankara head to the Bolu mountains.
09:30Other hotels at the resort were evacuated as a precaution and guests were placed in
09:34hotels around Bolu.
09:46Bisphenol A is now fully banned from coming into contact with food products.
09:51As of Monday, the European Union has prohibited the use of this endocrine disruptor in food
09:58containers.
09:59This chemical, commonly found in cans, food storage containers and water bottles, can
10:04contaminate food products.
10:14Bisphenol A has been listed as a substance of very high concern under the EU flagship
10:23legislation since 2006 for its properties as toxic for reproduction and for its endocrine
10:30disrupting properties for human health since 2017.
10:34So these are the main concerns about Bisphenol A.
10:39And Bisphenol A is associated to health concerns such as breast cancer, neurobarrier disorders
10:48and diabetes.
10:50The European Union is a pioneer in banning bisphenols.
10:53However, this prohibition is the result of a long scientific and political process considered
10:59too lengthy by NGOs.
11:01It has been a long-awaited decision.
11:04Scientists have been calling for the ban of bisphenols for more than a decade.
11:09There's been a report on bisphenol and the concern about bisphenols from the European
11:13Environment Agency more than a decade ago.
11:17So it's been a long process and we're hoping now that the follow-up decisions and steps
11:24for the use of bisphenols in other consumer products will come quickly.
11:30The NGO hopes the European Union will agree to broaden the ban on Bisphenol A, with the
11:36next potential targets being children's toys.