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led the country. he has vowed to make his country a �*great environmental power�*. pope francis has addressed thousands of people who've gathered at st peter's 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. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has described britain's social care system as "broken". in his new year message he said that he wanted everyone to work the climate campaign group extinction rebellion says it will temporarily stop using public disruption tactics in...

arrested after blockading traffic, locking and gluing themselves together, but the group say "very little has changed". you are watching bbc news. now our world: myanmar: inside the resistance a people's army made up of unlikely soldiers. they're sacrificing everything to fight for democracy in myanmar. their enemy is general min aung hlaing, who seized power in a coup, ousting and jailing the country's top elected leaders. what started as a protest movement is now an armed uprising. we follow a mother and student as they become soldiers in this new civil war. as the death toll mount...

right now, he is receiving dignitaries from various people coming to the end of the day of ceremony. we've 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. traditionally, the sash is given by the outgoing president, but this time, things were different....

a warm welcome to bbc news. brazil's new president, the veteran left—wing politician luiz inacio lula da silva, has vowed to make his country a "great environmental power". he was speaking at his inauguration ceremony in the capital, brasilia. large crowds gathered on the streets to watch lula's cavalcade travel to the event which followed a narrow election victory in october over the far—right leader, jair bolsonaro. mr bolsonaro, who refused to accept defeat, boycotted the inauguration and is in florida. let's have a look at some of the live images we've been monitoring through...

The BBC's teams on the front lines give analysis of the most critical moments in the conflict in Ukraine. Contains scenes which some viewers may find...