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and croatia begins the new year with a new currency, switching from the kuna to the euro. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. pope francis has addressed the thousands of people who gathered at st peters square in the vatican, a day after the death of benedict xvi. the pope described his predecessor as a faithful servant of the gospel and the church. our religion editor aleem maqbool is at the vatican. we heard from pope francis a couple of times today...

celebrations have taken place around the world to herald the start of 2023. we start in brazil, where crowds of people are gathering in the capital, brasilia, ahead of the inauguration of luiz inacio lula da silva as president. the veteran left—wing politician, known widely as lula, also led the country between 2003 and 2010, and defeated jair bolsonaro in 0ctober�*s poll. there is tight security for sundays ceremony, amid fears that bolsonaro supporters may try to disrupt it. in t...

right now, he is receiving dignitaries from various people coming to the end of the day of ceremony. weve seen him out and about travelling on a very impressive motorcade, and the actual inauguration process itself, and that sash you can see there, the green and yellow sash has a lot of significance which we will come to in a moment. this is something that has been controversially seen. this is the moment he formally received it from a faneuil of people up on stage there —— a panel...

sir? >> those famous lines ordered by the lawyer, joseph wells, on june 9th, 1954, effectively marked the end of mccarthy-ism, and the investigations that wisconsin senator joseph mccarthy was conducting as chair of the senate permit cup subcommittee on investigations, created initially to investigate government fraud and waste, but he quickly turned into a political pet project to investigate what mccarthy claimed was communist infiltration at all levels of the government. the origins...

hello and welcome. luiz inacio lula da silva, has been sworn in as brazils new president, 20 years after first becoming the countrys leader. almost five years ago — he was sent to jail for corruption, on charges that have since been annulled. hell now lead a deeply divided country. at his inauguration in the capital brasilia he told the crowds hed rebuild brazilfrom — what he called — the �*terrible ruins�* he had inherited from jair bolsonaro. our south america correspondent...

now measuring the drapes att 16 a avenue. the wings a the white house waiting ins bide the wings as biden circles the drain. but no one inobodys more obvious about his presidential ambitions. presidential ambitions than the than the one and only california governor gavin newsom. for years, gavin newsom has been auditioning to be president . he even took out ads you mightkt recall, in florida touting his great leadership and what hele laughably called the true o freedom state of califor...

in december as shoppers cut back on their christmas shopping. ten more days of strike action is announced by ambulance workers in england, wales and northern ireland. one of the dates will coincide with a strike by nurses. the first of 20,000 defibrillators that could save the life of a child having a heart attack are sent to schools in england. its a space odyssey like no other to the outer solar system. scientists prepare to explore the moons ofjupiter. and coming up on the bbc news ...

the household energy supplier octopus is to buy its competitor bulb — the largest energy company to collapse last year, amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. since then, the government has spent billions of pounds keeping bulb afloat. but now, octopus has agreed a deal to take on the companys 1.5 million customers. our business reporter, ramzan kamali, has the details. the energy market was in disarray this time last year, dozens of firms going bust as energy prices soar...

history making officials begin the transition to power. >> progress is not inevitable, but progress is possible. >> how will they govern? maryland democratic governor-elect wes moore joins me exclusively in moments. and all wrapped up? the january 6th committee completes its work. now its two republican committee members are leaving congress. >> im here to investigate january 6th, not in spite of my membership in the republican party, but because of it. >> did they make their case an...

>> progress is not inevitable, but progress is possible. >> how will they govern? maryland democratic governor-elect wes moore joins me exclusively in moments. and all wrapped up? the january 6th committee completes its work. now its two republican committee members are leaving congress. >> im here to investigate january 6th, not in spite of my membership in the republican party, but because of it. >> did they make their case and change their partys future? republican congressman ada...