Conflict, bbc arabic is going to explain why. Todayis today is the formal start of a major shift in power in america, we had the newly elected Congress Meeting to the first time, the republicans hold both houses, these are, i was going to show you live pictures, they dropped off, as well as congress, bear in mind, january 20, the republicans control the white house, the dynamics within the Republican Party are becoming very interesting. Republicans in the House Of Representatives had hoped to push this through, it is an amendment to weaken the body that overseas claims of misconduct against members of congress, a niche concern but it has become a symbolic issue, it went ahead despite Senior Republicans in congress objecting but then a few hours ago, we heard this. In fact, but then a few hours ago, we heard this. Infact, and but then a few hours ago, we heard this. In fact, and this is from writers, in fact, the us House Republicans reversed course, withdrawing these proposed ethics panel changes. Thats decision may not have been entirely unrelated to donald trump taking to twitter. Strong words. Lets speak with jane obrien about this, joining us live from capitol hill. We have had a few m essa 9 es from capitol hill. We have had a few messages from viewers saying it is not just about donald messages from viewers saying it is notjust about donald trump, it is about constituents applying Pressure Toa Pub about constituents applying pressure to a pub can men and women, any truth in that . There may well be. I think that whatever decision they reach, the interesting thing here is the fact that you have the president elect publicly rebuking members of his own party on the day that they are sworn in. Regardless of why they decided to not go ahead with their tail decided to not go ahead with their tail with curtailing the ethics office, you have got a very public rift between donald trump and republican lawmakers. I cannot think of any republican lawmakers. I cannot think ofany similar republican lawmakers. I cannot think of any similar situation where you have barack of any similar situation where you have ba rack obama of any similar situation where you have barack obama publicly rebuking democrats on twitter, or any other social media. That is what is interesting. It raises the question, how is donald trump going to win over the support of republicans, many of whom did not support him during the president ial campaign, how is he going to win them over and how is he going to win them over and how are they going to rely on his support for the agenda that they wa nt to support for the agenda that they want to get through . It is a very interesting situation, that has really been illustrated on day i. Interesting situation, that has really been illustrated on day 1. To what degree is donald trump reliant on congress to get through some of his signature policies, like increased Infrastructure Spending or tax cuts . That is a huge one, the Infrastructure Spending is going to cost billions of dollars, we know that there is a conservative wing of his party that do not want to spend any more money, they are vehemently opposed to any increase in spending, they themselves were elected on a mandate to cut the Budget Deficit and so far, what we have seen of plans to increase Infrastructure Spending, that will not do that. He may have opposition from them. In terms of obamacare, they are repealing obamacare, we know that republicans and donald trump want to reveal obamacare, republicans and donald trump want to reveal obamaca re, but what republicans and donald trump want to reveal obamacare, but what will they replace it with . These are questions that it replace it with . These are questions thatitis replace it with . These are questions that it is going to be interesting to see what answers come back. You, iand many to see what answers come back. You, i and many others have spent months and months and months reporting on the politics of last year, and here we are, the shift in power formally beginning, leading up to the inauguration on the 20th, does it feel different . That is a difficult question to answer, the problem is, you feel so in is constant and the whole thing, that the surprise, the shock, it is very difficult to tell what has actually changed at the moment, especially because donald trump is not actually here, we still have a president in the white house, barack obama, certainly the feeling where i am now, we have had Freshman Congressmen and senators walking through, doing lots of interviews, most of them republican, most of them smiling. Untiljanuary 20, when donald trump takes the reins, i think that is when we will see the real difference in atmosphere. Thank you very much indeed. Jane will be pa rt you very much indeed. Jane will be part of the bbc team in washington, dc as we cover the inauguration of donald trump On January Dc as we cover the inauguration of donald trump onjanuary 20. This is the 115th Congress. And it will be the 115th Congress. And it will be the most diverse ever. We spotted this graphic from he pew research centre, it shows that from 2001, there has been an upward trend in diversity. Progress only being made up diversity. Progress only being made up to diversity. Progress only being made uptoa diversity. Progress only being made up to a point, as you will see in this report. Voiceover distinguished members of americas 115th Congress have two notable features, they are overwhelmingly white and male, they dont look much like this diverse country, even with a few notable firsts. 0rlandos former police chief, valder means. She is now the first woman and first African American to represent her district in florida. This means there will be a Record Number of black lawmakers on capitol hill,. Capitol hill. Val demings. Asian americans have 15 capitol hill. Val demings. Asian america ns have 15 seats capitol hill. Val demings. Asian americans have 15 seats in congress, it too is a record, among them, stephanie murphy, from florida, the first vietnamese American Woman elected, and this fellow freshman, from washington state, the first indian American Woman to serve. From the vada, the first latina senator, and from new york, the first Dominican American elected to the house. They are among 38 hispanic representatives. Even these impressive firsts dont do much to hide the big picture, only one in five members of congress is a woman, which means the us only ranks the same as bangladeshs 20 . Israel has 28 , in sweden, it is 44 . While this may be the dawn of the most racially diverse us congress ever, capitol hill is still clearly an old boys club. Studio the main story here in the uk today, the uks ambassador to the European Union has resigned, sir ivan rogers, expected to play a key role in brexit talks, not anymore, scrutiny committee, who has described with some understatement that the whole situation is not ideal, hillary men, a Senior Member of the opposition labour party, leading pro brexit figures are far less concern. Hilary benn. Arron banks has put a lot of his own money into campaigns to get the uk out of the European Union. Lets listen to the former leader of the uk independence party, nigel farage, leading figure for brexit, with his reaction. Im very pleased, after all, he is a committed europhile, he helped lead the renegotiations with David Cameron that went so badly and came out the other day with an incredibly negative comment, that it might take up negative comment, that it might take up to ten years to renegotiate the bill, clearly the wrong man. , meyer only regret is that he did not go the day after the referendum. My only regret. First of all, lets look at the practicalities, what impact might this have on when b rex it impact might this have on when brexit talks begin, and who is conducting . In terms of when talks begin, no impact whatsoever, Downing Street is absolutely determined to stick to its timetable, which is to trigger article 50, pushing open the exit door to the eu and starting negotiations by the end of march, there has even been a big court case here in the uk, which we dont have a verdict yet, itll come quite soon, Downing Street has made it clear that even that wont derail the timetable, no chance that Something Like this will. Sir ivan rogers was the leading diplomat, he was going to be in the room looking into the eyeballs of those 27 other eu member state diplomats, trying to hammer out the framework of the deal, clearly then is to be a new person put in place, it is not clear who that will be, but there will be plenty on the diplomatic circuit around the world, and here in london who would be eager for that posting. The way in which this is interesting, it shows the growing political intensity that will surround these negotiation, when even a diplomat like this, most people in the uk have never heard of, nevertheless has an important role, and his resignation has prompted a very angry debate not just about what caused it but what it means to about how the negotiation should be conducted. Here was a guy who was prepared to speak truth to power, they said he should have stayed in the job. Speak truth to power, they said he should have stayed in thejob. In the words of one mp, people pull pushing him aside havent drunk the b rex it pushing him aside havent drunk the brexit kool aid. But nigel farage says that he should go, news part of the establishment which was in favour of the whole european project, and they think that he is the wrong man for the job. This news means hard brexit is more likely, according to some today, that it is more likely that the uk will leave the single market, is that your analysis . We use phrases like hard brexit, and people have to understand that Downing Streets view of all of this is that there is no such thing as hard or soft. In their view, you can cherry pick, they think that is a binary view, and they think they can cherry pick. What does britain give in return . Another question altogether, does this mean we will be heading for a harder brexit, a softer brexit, ha rd to harder brexit, a softer brexit, hard to say, after all these insta nces, hard to say, after all these instances, where we get a bit of a glimpse into the kind of pressures and tensions that there are, within whitehall, within westminster, within government, over this issue, people trying to decode it, i am not sure it is quite that simple, in some ways we willjust have to wait and see. There is a divergence of views across government over this, some ministers believe britain should try to take an approach where we have the best bits of the single market, the customs union. On the other hand, others believe it is much clearer to pull all the way out of those things. We will have the way for a clearer picture, theresa may is expected to give a plan to parliament in the next couple of months, potentially in february. Thank you very much. Just as we did last year, covering brexit before the vote, after it, in brussels, then in bratislava and back in brussels again, as the story unfolds in the coming months, we will bring you extensive coverage. Live reports from the centre of london, from washington, dc, next we will turn to turkey as we have done all we, the istanbul new years eve gunmen is still on the run. We are learning more about him. A few different videos we can show you. This has been released by the authorities. This is the suspect ilming himself at Taksim Square in istanbul. Its thought hes from uzbekistan or kyrgyzsta n. Thought hes from uzbekistan or kyrgyzstan. And that he arrived in turkey with his wife and two children in november. Reports say his family have been detained. Next this is footage from istanbuls main airport. Footage of two foreign nationals detained and being question, these pictures from istanbuls main airports, the two men to Pay Attention to, one man wearing a woolly black hat pulled over his eyes, you can see him walking here, and behind him, a man Ina Bright Walking here, and behind him, a man in a bright blue hooded top, you can see him among the throng, are the two being questioned in central istanbul. These are pictures film by a bbc team working with correspondent mark lowen. They are among the first journalists correspondent mark lowen. They are among the firstjournalists to be granted access to the nightclub where the attack took place. You can see its located on the bosphorus river. Some people jumped see its located on the bosphorus river. Some peoplejumped into the water to escape the bullets. The owners say that they will reopen the nightclub, it is a sign of a defined mood here, yes, people are sombre and fearful but turks have lived with the Terror Threat for decades albeit on a smaller scale and they are determined not to let its defeat them. In a few minutes, we have already talked about donald trump, we will talk about him some more, this time in the context of American Business, he has criticised General Motors in a tweet over where it ma nufa ctu res motors in a tweet over where it manufactures ca rs. Motors in a tweet over where it manufactures cars. We will get into that. Kurdish militants say that a british man has died alongside them. Ryan lock, 20, died during an assault on and i is stronghold, one pro kurdish campaigner, mark campbell, says the family are struggling to come to terms with the news. It is age and is shocked to them. Ryan had said that he was going on holiday, apparently, to turkey, back in august. Then he had put a Facebook Post up saying he had arrived in syria to fight isis. For your 20 year old son, to see that, must have been awful. Final confirmation on friday, and then went to visit them on sunday. Two days later. So they were just obviously incomplete and utter devastation. Distraught with grief. Day i of the dayi of the new congress, there has already been a major u turn from the republican held lower house on the issue of congressional ethics. Some of the main stories from the bbc world service, yesterday we would talking about a deadly prison riot in brazil, these men may not be the sharpest tools in the box, they escaped, the man in front has been posting photos of himself on facebook bragging about the whole thing. The man behind him already called, would not be the Biggest Surprise is the man at the front is picked up before long as well. Bbc brasil. New years eve fireworks may have contributed to dangerously high levels of pollution in several german cities, 15 of Vehicle Emissions from the whole year, there are now called for a ban on private firework parties. 85,000 copies of an annotated edition of adolf hitlers mine camp have sold in germany in the year since its launch, you can read about that on the bbc news app. Politics and business always intertwined, we suspect that will be even more of the case once donald trump takes overin the case once donald trump takes over in america, he has been criticising a number of companies for how many of their Production Operations are based in mexico, ford is one of the companies that he has criticised. Today, ford cancelled and 1. 6 billion plant that it was planning to build at a place in mexico called san luis toasty, instead, it will spend that money extending existing operations in a place called flat rock, michigan. Here is what the ford ceo told the bbc. Overall, the reason we have made these decisions is because they are the right thing for the business. We look at a lot of different factors when we look at decisions. The announcement we are making today of 700 Million Investment in flat rock, michigan, and adding 700 jobs, one factor we put into that is the more favourable us Business Environment that we see under President Elect Tromp and some of the pro growth policies and reforms, whether it is tax or regular terry, that he has been talking about. San luis potosi. That play positively in that and it isa that play positively in that and it is a vote of confidence that he can do positively there. Whether it is tax or regulatory. Was that a polite way of saying, we are doing this because donald trump wants us to . Certainly, if that was the case, he was not admitting that, he said the Business Environment was one of the Business Environment was one of the key factors, that certainly helped shape the decision, when i pressed him he talked about the regular theresa may environment, that they talked about cutting corporate taxes. Regulatory environment. Things that will make it easierfor environment. Things that will make it easier for businesses to find environment for favourable. Singling out the company. What it does raise is questions about economic nationalism, we have seen donald trump use this technique before, using it again, and clearly for him, an opportunity to claim victory. Does this decision cost a0 money, is it more expensive to produce these ca rs it more expensive to produce these cars in michigan than it would be in mexico . Does this decision cost ford money. They looking at Donald Trumps approach and saying, what is the cost to American Business . If you take this pacific decision, only 700 rods are being created here in the united states, they were going to create 2800 jobs in mexico. It is more than a0 cheaper to produce a car in